Indefinite pronouns
Auteur :
Haspelmath, Martin
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198235606
Date de publication :
2 janv. 1997
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,2 x 2,6 cm
Poids :
748 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is the first comprehensive and encyclopaedic investigation of indefinite pronouns (expressions like someone, anything, nowhere) in the languages of the world. It shows that the range of variation in the functional and formal properties of indefinite pronouns is subject to a set of universal implicational constraints, and proposes explanations for these universals.