Pronouns

• A new understanding of language drawn from extensive observation
• Includes a range of data from a wide range of languages including many previously undescribed
• Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory has established itself as the leading forum for work in the field and is one of the most valuable and respected series in linguistics

Readership: Scholars working on pronouns of any language; post-graduate students.

Darbhe Narayana Shankara Bhat, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore

1: Introduction
2: Relation with the referent
3: Coreference and non-coreference
4: Association with grammatical categories
5: Conflicting characteristics
6: The position of third person pronouns
7: Structure of proforms
8: Constituent elements of proforms
9: Characteristics of proforms
10: Interrogative-indefinite puzzle
11: Other related puzzles
12: Concluding remarks
Appendix (list of languages)
References
Index