Cataphoric Indefinites

Authors

  • Carla Umbach

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2004.v8i0.765

Abstract

In this paper a subclass of specific indefinites called cataphoric indefinites is investigated. These indefinites carry an accent on the determiner, are partitives, and occur in topic position. They induce a particular set of alternatives, which represents an implicit, cataphoric, identifying property, and are closely similar to attributive (non-pronominal)  definite descriptions. For cataphoric indefinites, the speaker-hearer asymmetry turns out to be a mere side effect of information structure.

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Published

2019-08-19

How to Cite

Umbach, C. (2019). Cataphoric Indefinites. Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung, 8, 301–316. https://doi.org/10.18148/sub/2004.v8i0.765