| Name | THEM-Definite-Reference-NP Construction |
|---|---|
| Semantic function of cxn | ① Referring to more than one person. ② Referring to one person in a gender-neutral way. |
| Usage conditions | – PERSONS must be identifiable from linguistic or extralinguistic context; – not in SUBJ-slot of constructions with Vfin |
| Syntactic form | them |
| Related forms | they their |
| General cxn-type | DEFINITE-REFERENCE-NP CONSTRUCTION PERSONAL-PRONOUN CONSTRUCTION |
| Construction family | NP CONSTRUCTION |
| Specification | 3rd person |
| Literature | Herbst & Hoffmann (2023: Ch. 5) |
| Annotators/Date | TRH/04/21F |