5 1196 corpus analysis body one dissertation 1993 theoretical descriptive study epicene pronouns analyzed corpus 24 us tv talkshows got 16 examples nps every coreferent pronoun distribution nominal element found 10 body 3 one 3 lexical nominal lexical nominals member grand jury trial witness sales person store addition one cases body everybody involved another everybody else far seems along lines discussed ellen prince jane edwards data varies every case coreferent pronoun incidently case far analysis concerned results quantifiers nps specifiers indicated various factors work selection pronoun indeed edwards argues following seemed important notional plurality obviously case every cases singular pronoun impossible plural semantics formal singularity well known studies quantifier scope even however structurally possible use singular pronoun awkward prince intuited though suspect nominal element compound involved case two three everyone cases clearly outside scope plural pronoun inevitable third case parenthetical donahue sure fine points regarding formal semantics since nt know everyone develops sexual attraction could easily infantilism purple handkerchiefs sex experiences gender stereotypes issue nt arise every cases since others found stereotypically male generic referents e g participant congressional sex scandals lumberjacks frequently received pronoun types antecedents individuation rather fuzzy think inevitable semantic category refers degree interlocutors using referent individual versus referent used generic fuzziness necessary logical real existence map everyday reference personification discussed regards pronouns mcconnell ginet generic referent treated individual opposite case real person thing treated generic also exists discussed regard definiteness talmy givon found couple cases like geraldo reference princess grace fall love somebody photo opportunity see eight months next time see engaged different geraldo heard saw someone run screaming individuation clearly thing jane edwards noticed point singular pronouns associated specific people similar point also made pinker language instinct chapter prescription found best analysis whole issue made adopting agreement theory developed michael barlow 88 dissertation situated theory agreement published last year outstanding dissertations series anybody else data michael newman dept educational theory practice ohio state university mnewman magnus acs ohiostate edu