NDLI: On the impersonal pronoun men in Modern West Frisian

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Author	Hoekstra, Jarich
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	In this paper I will take the special properties of the Modern West Frisian impersonal pronoun men ‘one’ (obligatory inclusiveness, 1st person singular reading, strength) and the typology of impersonal pronouns in Frisian as the starting point for a discussion of the referential status of impersonal pronouns in general. I will claim that impersonal pronouns are the pronominal counterpart of generic DPs and, like these, definite, but non-specific. Further, it will be argued that the most important typological distinction with impersonal pronouns, viz. that between inclusive and exclusive, is a consequence of their non-specificity. With respect to Modern West Frisian men I will contend that this element, in addition to being a genuine (weak) impersonal pronoun, can be a (strong) quasi-personal pronoun. I will provide some further evidence for this subclass of impersonal pronouns and show how its existence is predicted by my general theory of impersonal pronouns.
Starting Page	31
Ending Page	59
Page Count	29
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13834924
Journal	The Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15728552
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-04-14
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Clusivity Definiteness Frisian Generic DPs Impersonal pronouns Quasi-personal pronouns Specificity Theoretical Languages Syntax Comparative Linguistics Germanic Languages Linguistics (general)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Arts and Humanities Linguistics and Language

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