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 -