Person Indexicals in Uyghur Indexical Shifting

Abstract

In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt:This paper provides novel data of indexical shifting from (Modern) Uyghur. Focusing on the interpretation of 1st and 2nd person singular indexicals, we observe two peculiar features of Uyghur indexical shifting: (i) that 1st person indexicals are obligatorily de se, while 2nd person indexicals are not obligatorily de se in the sense explained below; and (ii) that shifted 2nd person pronouns are not allowed under certain attitude verbs, while shifted 1st person pronouns are always licensed. We propose a formal semantic account of both phenomena.