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This value refers to indefinite determiners which represent the most
consistent class.
Semantic criterion:
- indefinites designate someone or something in a not specific and not
determinative way. They can be subdivided in four groups on the basis of
semantic features: singolativi, collettivi, negativi,
quantitativi.
The following can be either pronouns or determiners.
type=indf |
D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e s | | |
singolativi | alcuno/indf certo/indf tale/indf | | |
| quale/indf taluno/indf altro/indf | | |
| alcuna/indf certa/indf taluna/indf
altra/indf | | |
| alcuni/indf certi/indf certuni/indf | | |
| tali/indf taluni/indf quali/indf altri/indf | | |
| alcune/indf certe/indf certune/indf | | |
| talune/indf altre/indf altrui/indf | | |
collectives | ciascuno/indf ciascheduno/indf cadauno/indf | | |
| ciascuna/indf ciascheduna/indf cadauna/indf | | |
| tutto/indf tutta/indf tutti/indf
tutte/indf | | |
negatives | nessuno/indf nessuna/indf | | |
quantifiers | poco/indf alquanto/indf parecchio/indf | | |
| molto/indf troppo/indf tanto/indf
altrettanto/indf | | |
| poca/indf alquanta/indf parecchia/indf | | |
| molta/indf troppa/indf tanta/indf
altrettanta/indf | | |
| pochi/indf alquanti/indf parecchi/indf | | |
| molti/indf troppi/indf tanti/indf
altrettanti/indf | | |
| poche/indf alquante/indf parecchie/indf | | |
| molte/indf troppe/indf tante/indf
altrettante/indf | | |
The following can be determiners only.
type=indf |
D e s c r i p t i o n | E x a m p l e s | | |
singolativi | qualche/indf | | |
collectives | qualunque/indf qualsiasi/indf
qualsivoglia/indf ogni/indf | | |
negatives | - | | |
quantifiers | - | | |
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