Indefinite Pronouns.

Indefinite Pronouns.

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Author / Creator:	Haspelmath, Martin.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Description:	1 online resource (380 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronoun. Definiteness (Linguistics) Definiteness (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general -- Pronoun. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13419578

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ISBN:	9780198235606 0198235607 9780198299639 019829963X 9780191851971 0191851973
Notes:	English.
Summary:	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 indefinite pronoun, theoretical approaches to the functions of indefinite pronouns, the grammaticalization of indefinite pronouns, and negative indefinite pronouns.
Standard no.:	10.1093/oso/9780198235606.001.0001

Table of Contents:

1. Overview
2. A Typological Perspective on Indefinite Pronouns
3. Formal and Functional Types of Indefinite Pronoun
4. An Implicational Map for Indefinite Pronoun Functions
5. Theoretical Approaches to the Functions of Indefinite Pronouns
6. The Grammaticalization of Indefinite Pronouns
7. Further Sources of Indefinite Pronouns
8. Negative Indefinite Pronouns
9. Conclusions
Appendix A. The Data of the 40-Language Sample
Appendix B. The Data of the 100-Language Sample