@article{EndrissHinterwimmer2007, author = {Endriss, Cornelia and Hinterwimmer, Stefan}, title = {Direct and indirect aboutness topics}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-19640}, year = {2007}, abstract = {We propose a definition of aboutness topicality that not only encompasses individual denoting DPs, but also indefinites. We concentrate on the interpretative effects of marking indefinites as topics: they either receive widest scope in their clause, or they are interpreted in the restrictor of an overt or covert Q-adverb. We show that in the first case they are direct aboutness topics insofar as they are the subject of a predication expressed by the comment, while in the second case they are indirect aboutness topics: they define the subject of a higher-order predication - namely the set of situations that the respective Q-adverb quantifies over.}, language = {en} }