Indefinite pronouns do not refer to anything specific, so words like someone and everybody are indefinite pronouns. An indefinite pronoun doesnt refer to anything specific. Martin haspelmath presents the first comprehensive and encyclopaedic investigation of. I am not aware of a clear case in which an indefinite pronoun is formally unmarked with respect to a marked interrogative pronoun. Prince 1992 lists proper names and personal pronouns, as well as nps with the, a demonstrative, or a possessive np as determiner. Put in the correct indefinite pronoun somebody something somewhere anybody anything anywhere nobody nothing nowhere everybody everything. Distributive pronoun a pronoun is a word used instead of a common noun or a proper noun. French indefinite pronouns une autre, dautres, certains. This book is the first comprehensive and encyclopaedic investigation of indefinite pronouns expressions like someone, anything, nowhere in the languages of the world. Westerstahl 1985, who is concerned only with determiners in the paper cited, gives a very short list.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Indefinite pronouns haspelmath 1997 examined the semantic uses of indefinite pronouns, such as anybody, someone, and semantically related forms in other languages, through a largescale crosslanguage study. With respect to its indefinite pronoun system esperanto is thus probably not a possible human language. 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. Beispielaufgaben als pdf downloaden zum kurs indefinitpronomen some. When an indefinite pronoun is used, the subject or object of a sentence is not specifically defined. This is an open access title available under the terms of a cc byncnd 4. Martin haspelmath presents the first comprehensive and encyclopaedic investigation of indefinite pronouns in the languages of the world, mapping out the range of variation in their functional and formative properties.
Words like something, everywhere, anybody and noone are indefinite pronouns. Finally, languages may lack nominal indefinite pronouns entirely and express the equivalent of someone and something by means of an existential construction. Indefinite pronouns by martin haspelmath, paperback. Most of the worlds languages have indefinite pronouns, that is, expressions such as someone, anything, and nowhere. Indefinite pronouns are used to talk about people, places or things without saying exactly who, where, or what they are. Most of the worlds languages have indefinite pronouns, that is expressions such as someone, anything, and nowhere. Possessive, relative and indefinite pronouns worksheet. The intriguing question of interrogative pronouns which have an indefinite use commonly seen in both modern and older forms of german forms a major part of chapter 7 further sources of indefinite pronouns, along with discussion of indefinite pronouns marked by focus particles like even or at least cf. Haspelmath 1997 examines indefinite pronouns in 140 languages. Martin haspelmath, indefinite pronouns, linguistics and. Thus, map 46a shows five different values see haspelmath 1997. It shows that crosslinguistic diversity is severely constrained by a set of implicational.
Martin haspelmath, indefinite pronouns springerlink. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading indefinite pronouns oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory. Martin haspelmath, indefinite pronouns oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory. Indefinite pronouns can also be singular or plural. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read indefinite pronouns. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This most interesting and informative book asks itself two interrelated questions. His primary database contained 140 semantic categories, each associated with a linguistic form, from a total of 40 languages. In his typological survey of indefinite pronouns haspelmath 1997 shows that indeterminate pronouns in the japanese sense constitute a unified class crosslinguistically.
Everyone everybody someone somebody anyone anybody no. Indefinite pronouns are pronouns that are used in reference to a person or thing that is not specific or not known. Indefinite pronouns ebook written by martin haspelmath. An indefinite pronoun is one of a small group of pronouns such as everything, nobody and something which are used to refer to people or things in a general. Indefinite pronouns and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. It has been found that rsl uses a variety of strategies, namely prodrop, an indefinite pronoun someone, a plural pronoun ixpl, and probably a secondperson pronoun ix2 in impersonal contexts. The morphosyntax of indefinite pronouns in iliatenco mephaa. Pronoun agreement circle the pronoun that agrees in number with its antecedent the noun to which it refers. Indefinite pronouns are also used to identify a general group of people or things i. While any pronoun that refers to a specific person or thing would be a definite pronoun, it can be helpful to refer to a list of indefinite pronouns if you need to use pronouns. Indefinite pronouns deutsch easy learning grammatik collins. Grammar quiz indefinite pronouns complete the sentences below. Indefinite pronouns exercise 1 perfect english grammar. Indefinite pronouns exercise 1 this exercise is about somebody something somewhere anybody anything anywhere nobody nothing nowhere everybody everything everywhere.
Negative indefinite pronouns and predicate negation. Indefinite pronouns 1 a pronoun is a word that is used to take the place of a noun. Indefinite pronouns oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory kindle edition by haspelmath, martin. By billgreen54 esl tutor pdf, pronouns pdf 0 comments. Indefinite pronouns oxford studies in typology and. Haspelmath, martin 2001 indefinite pronouns, 1st paperback ed. 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. It is free to read at oxford scholarship online and offered as a free pdf download from oup and selected open access locations. Indefinite pronouns in german grammar lingolia deutsch. Thus, iliatenco mephaa constitutes a potentially unique case to apply haspelmath s typological framework. Indefinite pronouns oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory by haspelmath, martin and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The implicational semantic map for veps indefinite pronouns abstract.
Indefinite pronouns 2 me and my friend or my friend and i pronouns exercises possessive adjectives exercises 2 3 4 personal pronouns 1 exercise 2 3 pdf possessive pronouns exercise 1 2 3 reflexive pronouns exercise 1 exercise 2 relative pronouns exercise 1 2 subject pronouns. This chapter examines the typology of negative indefinite pronouns, with particular emphasis on their relation with other indefinites. Martin haspelmath, indefinite pronouns oxford studies in. Indefinite pronouns words like something, everywhere, anybody and noone are indefinite pronouns. This article discusses the veps indefinite pronouns and correspon ding proforms in the spirit of linguistic typology. Indefinitpronomen some, any, every, no ubungen videos. Indefinite pronouns by martin haspelmath, 1997 online. Definiteness and indefiniteness michigan state university. It aims at an overview of the semantics of the veps indefinite pronouns in the light of. Inferring semantic maps berkeley language and cognition. Martin haspelmath presents the first comprehensive and encyclopaedic investigation of indefinite pronouns in the languages of the world, mapping out the range of variation in their functional and formal properties. Martin haspelmath, indefinite pronouns chapters 3 and 4, formal and functional types of inde. In addition to indefinite pronoun series that are restricted to precisely these five functions, there are other indefinites that are restricted to a subset of these five functions, or to a set of functions that comprises some nonnegative polarity functions in addition to some negativepolarity functions.
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