TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haspelmath, Martin
AB  - 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.
DO  - 10.1093/oso/9780198235606.001.0001
ID  - OAPEN ID: 642451
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1030821249
KW  - unrestricted universal
KW  - indefinite pronoun
KW  - grammaticalization
KW  - implicational universal
KW  - language
KW  - negative indefinite pronoun
KW  - functions of indefinite pronouns
KW  - cross-linguistic diversity
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/51894b16-eb84-408b-b6f8-98b72f883a5d/642451.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30819
PB  - Oxford University Press
PY  - 1997
SN  - 9780198299639
TI  - Indefinite Pronounsnull
ER  - 
