ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the grammar of Hungarian pronominal elements that have a nominal syntax. We use the term pronoun to refer to any such expression. The licensing and the interpretation of pronouns is governed by a complex web of grammatical and discourse factors, and the rich morphology of Hungarian pronoun paradigms renders this corner of Hungarian grammar an especially intriguing area for study. Our primary aim is to provide an overview of this diversity and to paint a picture of the pronominal landscape at a level of detail that allows the readers to understand the most important characteristics of this system, familiarizing them with the core pronominal constructions of Hungarian. Many aspects of the grammar of pronouns are discussed in other volumes of this series (see volumes E and M) and in the previous chapters of the current volume (see 1.1.1.3.5, 2.5.2 and 2.6). Wherever appropriate, we refer the reader to these discussions that elaborate on the description that we provide here. This description focuses on the pronominal paradigms and constructions as such, and the overall picture that includes the details of how pronouns contribute to the building of clause structure and to the coding of referential dependencies is largely addressed elsewhere in the relevant chapters of this series.
