Synchronic variation and diachronic change in the expression of indefinite reference: evidence from
historical German

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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Main Author:	Petrova Svetlana
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	De Gruyter 2015-11-01
Series:	Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft
Subjects:	indefinite noun phrases indefinite article specificity old and middle high german
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1515/zfs-2015-0011

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