Comparative Concept: universal pronoun (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
universal pronoun (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | universal pronoun |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | universal pronoun (cxn) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
universal pronouns express when the predication applies to all referents in a set determined by the type description provided by the pronoun. Example: Everyone left the room predicates of all members of a contextually determined set of people (indicated by -one) that they left the room. (Section 3.5)