Abstract
The article is a brief introduction into the specifics and methodology of typological studies of indefinite pronouns, and presents the concept of an implicational map for indefinite pronoun functions, proposed by Haspelmath (1997). The implicational map identifies nine core functions (contexts) of indefinite pronouns that must be distinguished for the purposes of cross-linguistic comparison, and shows the semantic complexity of indefinite reference. The typological analysis conducted in this article focuses on the main similarities and differences in the form and meaning potential of indefinite pronouns, and is restricted to the three major types of Polish and German indefinite pronouns.
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