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Apuntes históricos sobre el pronombre indefinido "omne"
Historical notes on the indefinite pronoun "omne"

Author(s): Andrzej Zieliński
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Historical linguistics; Old and Middle Spanish; pronoun "omne"

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to analyze the origin and the grammaticalization of the indefinite pronoun omne in Old and Middle Spanish. Basing on the relatively large corpus of literary texts, we will find the reasons of its fading since the XVI century.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 270-281
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Spanish