Haspelmath, Martin

Indefinite Pronouns

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ISBN 13:
9780198299639
author:
Haspelmath, Martin
format:
Paperback
publisher:
OUP Oxford
language:
English
Publication Year:
2001
Pages:
380
Dimensions:
15.6 x 2.2 x 23.4 cm
Genre:
Languages, ,
Condition:
New
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£82.41

Description

Indefinite Pronouns: A Comprehensive Investigation This book presents the first comprehensive and encyclopaedic investigation of indefinite pronouns in the languages of the world. Martin Haspelmath explores the range of variation in their functional and formative properties across forty languages, revealing the constraints imposed by implicational universals and unrestricted universals. The author's approach is rooted in the Humboldt-Greenberg tradition of language typology, yet also draws on other theoretical approaches to understand the functional and formal properties of indefinite pronouns. The book is structured into four logically ordered steps, from the selection of a part of grammar to the formulation of generalizations and their theoretical explanations. By examining the properties of indefinite pronouns in a wide range of languages, Haspelmath sheds light on the underlying principles that govern human language.

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