Synchronic variation and diachronic change in the expression of indefinite reference: evidence from historical German
The present article discusses the semantic and discourse-pragmatic properties of different competing types of indefinite noun phrases in Old High German, the earliest attested period of German. In particular, it investigates the behavior of indefinites marked by sum, ein and various interrogative-...
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De Gruyter
2015-11-01
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| Series: | Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/zfs-2015-0011 |