Sarah Zobel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5890102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Zobel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Zobel |
| SIGNATURE | ZOBEL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tübingen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A pragmatic analysis of german impersonally used first person singular ‘ICH’
The German first and second person singular pronouns ich and du allow for a referential use and an impersonal use. In their impersonal use, both pronouns behave like the impersonal pronoun man (Engl. one ) in generic sentences. I argue that the aspect of impersonally used singular personal pronouns that distinguishes them (i) from each other, (ii) from impersonal pronouns, and (iii) from “ordinary” generic sentences is their pragmatic effects. Th…
The Impersonal Use of German 1st Person Singular Ich
This article replies to Ackema and Neeleman’s (2018) claim that 1st person singular pronouns are grammatically blocked from having impersonal uses. In connection with this claim, they argue that the impersonal use of German 1st person singular ich described in Zobel 2014 does not exist. I show that Ackema and Neeleman’s alternative analysis of the German data analyzed in Zobel 2014 is flawed, and that new considerations inspired by their proposal…
Pronouns in Embedded Contexts at the Syntax-Semantics Interface
Analysis of the Semantic Variability of Weak Adjuncts and Its Problems
This paper addresses the question of how to account for the semantic variability ofweak free adjuncts. Weak free adjuncts are non-clausal adjuncts that associate with an argumentof the main predicate, contribute propositional content, and can interact with temporalor modal operators, which leads to different, adverbial-clause-like interpretations. I focus on aspecific type of weak adjuncts, non-clausal as-phrases, and propose a unified semantic a…
On the (in)definiteness of impersonal pronouns
This paper addresses the question whether impersonal pronouns should be analyzed as indefinite or definite expressions based on their discourse anaphoric potential. I present new data that support the claim that impersonal pronouns should be analyzed as neither (see Koenig & Mauner 1999). I sketch a formal analysis that captures this behaviour. Furthermore, I show that the availability of quantificational variability effects for impersonal pronou…
Conditional antecedents containing the German discourse particle denn
We discuss the semantic contribution and distribution of conditional antecedents containing the discourse particle denn (“antecedents with denn”, abbreviated as AWD). We propose that AWDs occur only in contexts where (i) the speaker does not believe the antecedent proposition p to hold, and (ii) the truth of p has been nonexplicitly (= tacitly) proposed. To gain a better understanding of (ii), we conduct two corpus studies. The first study invest…
Non-standard Uses of German 1st Person Singular Pronouns
The Impersonal Use of German 1st Person Singular Ich
This article replies to Ackema and Neeleman’s (2018) claim that 1st person singular pronouns are grammatically blocked from having impersonal uses. In connection with this claim, they argue that the impersonal use of German 1st person singular ich described in Zobel 2014 does not exist. I show that Ackema and Neeleman’s alternative analysis of the German data analyzed in Zobel 2014 is flawed, and that new considerations inspired by their proposal…
Non-standard Uses of German 1st Person Singular Pronouns
On the (in)definiteness of impersonal pronouns
This paper addresses the question whether impersonal pronouns should be analyzed as indefinite or definite expressions based on their discourse anaphoric potential. I present new data that support the claim that impersonal pronouns should be analyzed as neither (see Koenig & Mauner 1999). I sketch a formal analysis that captures this behaviour. Furthermore, I show that the availability of quantificational variability effects for impersonal pronou…
Conditional antecedents containing the German discourse particle denn
We discuss the semantic contribution and distribution of conditional antecedents containing the discourse particle denn (“antecedents with denn”, abbreviated as AWD). We propose that AWDs occur only in contexts where (i) the speaker does not believe the antecedent proposition p to hold, and (ii) the truth of p has been nonexplicitly (= tacitly) proposed. To gain a better understanding of (ii), we conduct two corpus studies. The first study invest…
Pronouns in Embedded Contexts at the Syntax-Semantics Interface
Analysis of the Semantic Variability of Weak Adjuncts and Its Problems
This paper addresses the question of how to account for the semantic variability ofweak free adjuncts. Weak free adjuncts are non-clausal adjuncts that associate with an argumentof the main predicate, contribute propositional content, and can interact with temporalor modal operators, which leads to different, adverbial-clause-like interpretations. I focus on aspecific type of weak adjuncts, non-clausal as-phrases, and propose a unified semantic a…
The Impersonal Use of German 1st Person Singular Ich
This article replies to Ackema and Neeleman’s (2018) claim that 1st person singular pronouns are grammatically blocked from having impersonal uses. In connection with this claim, they argue that the impersonal use of German 1st person singular ich described in Zobel 2014 does not exist. I show that Ackema and Neeleman’s alternative analysis of the German data analyzed in Zobel 2014 is flawed, and that new considerations inspired by their proposal…
A pragmatic analysis of german impersonally used first person singular ‘ICH’
The German first and second person singular pronouns ich and du allow for a referential use and an impersonal use. In their impersonal use, both pronouns behave like the impersonal pronoun man (Engl. one ) in generic sentences. I argue that the aspect of impersonally used singular personal pronouns that distinguishes them (i) from each other, (ii) from impersonal pronouns, and (iii) from “ordinary” generic sentences is their pragmatic effects. Th…
Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Linguistic research and analysis (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · German (4 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies in Language (3 works) · Personal pronoun (3 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 works)