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Pronouns (Hardcover, New)
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Pronouns (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory
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On the basis of a cross-linguistic study of over 250 languages,
this book brings to light several fascinating characteristics of
pronouns. It argues that these words do not form a single category,
but rather two different categories called 'personal pronouns' and
'proforms'. It points out several differences between the two, such
as the occurrence of a dual structure among proforms but not among
personal pronouns. These differences are shown to derive from the
distinct functions that the two categories have to perform in
language. The book also shows that the so-called interrogative
pronouns of familiar languages do not actually have interrogation
as their meaning. One can only assign the meaning of indefiniteness
to them. Further, the notion of indefiniteness that can be
associated with these and other pronouns is quite different from
the one that can be associated with noun phrases. Other interesting
aspects of this book include the postulation of certain typological
distinctions like 'two-person' and 'three-person' languages and
'free-pronoun' and 'bound-pronoun' languages.
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