Some Dialectal Particularities of the Indefinite Pronouns in the XIXth Century Cover Image

Câteva particularităţi dialectale ale pronumelor nehotărâte în secolul al XIX-lea
Some Dialectal Particularities of the Indefinite Pronouns in the XIXth Century

Author(s): Maria Marin
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura U. T. Press
Keywords: indefinite pronouns; indefinite adjectives; inventory (of forms); distribution; frequency

Summary/Abstract: The author presents a few dialectal characteristics referring to the inventory of forms and to certain features of the indefinite pronouns/adjectives utilisation. The described phenomena are seen diachronically, from the old Romanian language until the present time, a special interest concerning the situation of these parts of speech in the XIXth century. The author deals with alt, altă, tot, toat¬ă, cât, câtă, ceva, which are used especially as indefinite adjectives.

  • Issue Year: XVIII/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 87-93
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Romanian