Renate Pajusalu
List of John Benjamins publications in which Renate Pajusalu is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2772-3720 | E‑ISSN 2772‑3739
Articles
2026 Chapter 17. The role of demonstrative determiners in temporal reference Thinking and Speaking About Time: A cognitive linguistic approach, Brdar-Szabó, Rita and Mario Brdar (eds.), pp. 442–468 | Chapter
Demonstrative pronouns are frequently used in time expressions (e.g., these days, that time). While spatial use of demonstratives has been studied thoroughly, the use of demonstratives in temporal reference has gained little research attention. We investigate the role of Estonian demonstrative… read more
2015 Hidden subjects in conversation: Estonian personless verb forms as referential devices9 Subjects in Constructions – Canonical and Non-Canonical, Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa and Tuomas Huumo (eds.), pp. 43–72 | Article
The chapter deals with implicit unspecific group referents introduced by verb
forms (the conditional and the impersonal) which lack person marking. They
have different contexts of use: the personless conditional is preferred when the
aim of the conversation is to plan a future activity, while the… read more
2007 13. Word and construction as units of categorization: The case of change predicates in Estonian Mental States: Volume 2: Language and cognitive structure, Schalley, Andrea C. and Drew Khlentzos (eds.), pp. 289–310 | Article