On Quotational Indefinites

Type of Publication: Contribution to a conference collection
Publication status: Published
URI (citable link): http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-2-fvz1tdrknj739
Author: Koev, Todor
Year of publication: 2016
Conference: Sinn und Bedeutung 20, Sep 9, 2015 - Sep 12, 2015, Tübingen
Published in: Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 20 / Bade, Nadine et al. (ed.). - Konstanz : University of Konstanz, 2016. - pp. 412-429. - eISSN 2629-6055
URL of original publication: https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/272, Last access on Oct 28, 2020
Summary:
This paper discusses QUOTATIONAL INDEFINITES, an understudied variety of indefinites that is attested in languages like Bulgarian and German (see Cieschinger & Ebert 2011 on the latter), and are akin to Japanese wh-doublets (see Sudo 2008) and English placeholders like whatshisface or so-and-so (cf. Clark & Gerrig 1990). My major claim is that quotational indefinites existentially quantify over linguistic expressions and make reference to both expressions and their denotations. In addition, such indefinites require that the expressions they quantify over are of a certain type (a referential expression, a particular kind of adverbial, etc.) and originate in a previous conversation. This work uncovers important interactions between indefiniteness, quotation, and reportativity, and broadens our understanding of the typology of indefinites.
Subject (DDC): 400 Philology, Linguistics
Keywords: indefinites, quotation, reportativity, two-dimensional semantics
Link to License: Attribution 4.0 International

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KOEV, Todor, 2016. On Quotational Indefinites. Sinn und Bedeutung 20. Tübingen, Sep 9, 2015 - Sep 12, 2015. In: BADE, Nadine, ed. and others. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 20. Konstanz:University of Konstanz, pp. 412-429. eISSN 2629-6055

@inproceedings{Koev2016Quota-52792, title={On Quotational Indefinites}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/272}, year={2016}, address={Konstanz}, publisher={University of Konstanz}, booktitle={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 20}, pages={412--429}, editor={Bade, Nadine}, author={Koev, Todor} }

On Quotational Indefinites 2021-02-11T07:58:21Z 2021-02-11T07:58:21Z This paper discusses QUOTATIONAL INDEFINITES, an understudied variety of indefinites that is attested in languages like Bulgarian and German (see Cieschinger & Ebert 2011 on the latter), and are akin to Japanese wh-doublets (see Sudo 2008) and English placeholders like whatshisface or so-and-so (cf. Clark & Gerrig 1990). My major claim is that quotational indefinites existentially quantify over linguistic expressions and make reference to both expressions and their denotations. In addition, such indefinites require that the expressions they quantify over are of a certain type (a referential expression, a particular kind of adverbial, etc.) and originate in a previous conversation. This work uncovers important interactions between indefiniteness, quotation, and reportativity, and broadens our understanding of the typology of indefinites. Koev, Todor Attribution 4.0 International eng 2016 Koev, Todor

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