Indefinite Pronouns

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Most of the world's languages have indefinite pronouns, that is, expressions such as someone, anything, and nowhere. This book presents an encyclopaedic investigation of indefinite pronouns in the languages of the world, mapping out the range of variation in their functional and formative properties. It shows that cross-linguistic diversity is severely constrained by a set of implicational universals and by a number of unrestricted universals. Topics include formal and functional types of indef…

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Full title :Indefinite Pronouns.

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Publication Date:1997.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:1997.

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Description:1 online resource (380 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780198235606, 0198235607, 9780198299639, 019829963X, 9780191851971, 0191851973
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198235606.001.0001
oclc:on1030821249
LC Classification:P279
Dewey Decimal:415

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Cross-linguistic diversity Definiteness (Linguistics) Functions of indefinite pronouns Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pro… Grammar, syntax and morphology Mod Gram… Grammaticalization Implicational universal Indefinite pronoun Language LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguisti… linguistics Negative indefinite pronoun Pronom Unrestricted universal