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Latvian Indeterminate Pronoun Paradigm #

@cite{haspelmath-1997} @cite{kratzer-shimoyama-2002}

Latvian exhibits a morphologically transparent indeterminate system with three productive prefixes that mark operator association (p. 277 of @cite{haspelmath-1997}, cited in §1 of @cite{kratzer-shimoyama-2002}):

Each prefix attaches to the same set of wh-interrogative bases (kas 'who/what', kur 'where', kad 'when', ka 'how', kads/kurs 'which'), making Latvian a selective system in the sense of @cite{kratzer-shimoyama-2002}: the morphological prefix determines the operator, unlike Japanese where a single base (dare) combines with different particles.

Diacritics omitted following @cite{kratzer-shimoyama-2002}.

A row in a cross-linguistic indeterminate paradigm table. Each row represents one semantic domain (person, thing, place, ...) with forms for the interrogative and each operator-series.

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                    The full 6-row Latvian paradigm.

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                      Each ne-series form uses the common prefix "ne-".

                      Each jeb-series form uses the common prefix "jeb-".

                      Each kaut-series form uses the common prefix "kaut ".