Comparative Concept: specific unknown referent (inf)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
specific unknown referent (inf)
| Typ | information packaging |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | specific unknown referent |
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a real-world referent whose identity is known neither to the speaker nor to the hearer. Example: if Masha met with somebody near the university is used in a context where the speaker does not know the identity of the person Masha met, then somebody is a specific unknown pronoun expressing a specific unknown referent. (Section 3.5)