The Implicational Semantic Map for Veps Indefinite Pronouns
The Implicational Semantic Map for Veps Indefinite Pronouns

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the Veps indefinite pronouns and corresponding pro-forms in the spirit of linguistic typology. It aims at an overview of the semantics of the Veps indefinite pronouns in the light of the semantic map methodology. The implicational map model outlined by Haspelmath (1997) is applied to describe the functions and mutual relationship between Veps indefinite pronoun series. The current paper demonstrates that, on the other hand, the given method can be succesfully applied to Veps and, on the other hand, it helps in the description of a subtle semantic system. The distributional schema sketched in this work provides an illustrative picture of the semantic properties of the Veps indefinite pronouns and facilitates cross-linguistic comparison between Veps and other languages.

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