This paper contributes to the cross-linguistic study of indefinites by reporting on two experimental studies on the scopal and functional properties of the two Russian indefinites koe- and -to. We show that koe- allows not ...

This chapter argues that, its fantastic premise notwithstanding, Kafka’s 1915 story Metamorphosis is much concerned with the banal realities of modern work, recounting both Gregor Samsa’s anxieties about his irksome job ...