On the (in)definiteness of impersonal pronouns
In: Linguistica, Jg. 56 (2016-12-01), Heft 1
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This paper addresses the question whether impersonal pronouns should be analyzed as indefinite or definite expressions based on their discourse anaphoric potential. I present new data that support the claim that impersonal pronouns should be analyzed as neither (see Koenig & Mauner 1999). I sketch a formal analysis that captures this behaviour. Furthermore, I show that the availability of quantificational variability effects for impersonal pronouns is not foolproof evidence for their indefiniteness as is usually assumed in the literature (see Malamud 2013).
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On the (in)definiteness of impersonal pronouns
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Zobel, Sarah |
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Zeitschrift: | Linguistica, Jg. 56 (2016-12-01), Heft 1 |
Veröffentlichung: | University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani), 2016 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0024-3922 (print) ; 2350-420X (print) |
DOI: | 10.4312/linguistica.56.1.363-374 |
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