relative pronouns family pet cont connection recent thread initiated memory serves alexis manaster ramer crosslinguistic patterns animate pronouns referring back higher nonhuman mammalia new data today new york times 12 6 94 b1 may interest sheepdog intercepted suspicious customs officials new york jfk airport xrayed found carrying five pounds cocaine surgically implanted abdomen took bogota suspect john erik roa paterson n j admitted knew dog concealing cocaine charged drug trafficking doubt plans ask immunity exchange testifying dog anaphorically relevant case contrast relative pronouns emphasis added referring back coke nicknamed kennedy vet port director dr steven weinstein fellow canine mentioned writeup times fortunately dog gray white two feet high none condoms ruptured dr weinstein said would fatal mr roa brother andre reached family home paterson last night said brother worked pizza parlor two months ago moved hous said family dog german shepherd described family dog nothing drugs larry horn lhorn yalevm ycc yale edu