A Comparison of the Referential Properties of Third Person Pronouns in Finnish and Estonian
Abstract: This paper investigates the referential properties of third person anaphors in two closely related languages, Finnish and Estonian. Previous crosslinguistic research has shown that the most salient referents are referred to with the most reduced referring expressions. Moreover, factors suc...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2004-01-01
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Series: | Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics |
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Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/31 |