Epistemic indefinites : exploring modality beyond the verbal domain /

This book brings together novel work on the semantics and pragmatics of certain indefinite expressions that also convey modality. These epistemic indefinites are determiners or pronouns that signal ignorance on the part of the speaker, such as German irgendein and Spanish algun. The sentence Maria s...

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Other Authors:	Alonso-Ovalle, Luis, 1974- (Editor), Menendez-Benito, Paula, 1972- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:	Definiteness (Linguistics) Modality (Linguistics) Semantics.