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Linglib.Fragments.German.ModalIndefinites

German Modal Indefinite Fragment #

@cite{kratzer-shimoyama-2002}

Lexical entry for German modal indefinite irgendein, the prototypical domain-widening indefinite (@cite{kratzer-shimoyama-2002}).

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def Fragments.German.ModalIndefinites.irgendeinEntry :
Core.ModalIndefinite.ModalIndefiniteEntry

irgendein: not-at-issue, epistemic + random choice, not upper-bounded. Epistemic in episodic assertions; free choice under deontic modals. Domain widening is the core mechanism (@cite{kratzer-shimoyama-2002}).

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    theorem Fragments.German.ModalIndefinites.irgendein_not_at_issue :
    irgendeinEntry.status = Core.ModalIndefinite.ModalComponentStatus.notAtIssue
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    theorem Fragments.German.ModalIndefinites.irgendein_has_epistemic :
    irgendeinEntry.hasEpistemic = true
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    theorem Fragments.German.ModalIndefinites.irgendein_has_rc :
    irgendeinEntry.hasCircumstantial = true
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    theorem Fragments.German.ModalIndefinites.irgendein_not_ub :
    irgendeinEntry.upperBounded = false
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    theorem Fragments.German.ModalIndefinites.irgendein_has_unremarkable :
    irgendeinEntry.hasUnremarkableReading = true