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Beiträge aus Forschung und Anwendung – Jürg Fleischer: "Qualität hat seinen Preis Preis": Genus-insensitives 'sein' im Gegenwartsdeutschen. Abstract: The German possessive 'sein' is usually classified as a pronoun of the 3rd person singular masculine and neuter. However, in the grammatical literature some descriptions of 'sein' instead of an expected 3rd person singular feminine possessive pronoun 'ihr' referring to feminine antecedents can be found. Based on search queries in the German Reference Corpus DeReKo it is shown that the phenomenon can be empirically established. While certain collocations displaying a high amount of neuter pronoun antecedents might be favorable for the use of 'sein' (alles [neuter] hat seinen Preis 'everything has its price' > Qualität [feminine] hat seinen Preis 'quality has its price'), it turns out that the semantics of the antecedent is decisive. In most examples, the feminine antecedent is an inanimate noun. This suggests that 'sein' is underlyingly unmarked with respect to gender, while the feminine 'ihr' is primarily a pronoun denoting female sex and only secondarily feminine gender. – Irene Rapp & Raphaela Wolman: Lüge, Irrtum und Missverständnis: Kommunikation Missverständnis: Kommunikationsstörungen in einem erweiterten Common Ground Ground-Modell. Abstract: In this paper we will argue that the analysis of lies, fallacies, and misunderstandings requires a complex model including a heterogeneous common ground based on reportative and situational evidence (cf. Farkas & Bruce 2010) and two additional layers, beliefs and objective facts. Lies can be defined by using the concept of reportative evidence, i. e. there is a contrast between an utterance and the utterer's beliefs. Fallacies arise if a person is mistaken with regard to the situational evidence, i. e. there is a contrast between her beliefs and the objective facts. Misunderstandings, again, refer to reportative evidence, i. e. there is a contrast between the intended meani