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Definiteness.

Definiteness is the concept expressed by definite articles such as 'the', and also by demonstratives ('this', 'that') and personal pronouns. This textbook surveys such expressions in many languages, and examines theoretical literature on this aspect of grammar, to estab...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lyons, Christopher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Colección:Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Basic observations; 2 Simple definites and indefinites; 3 Complex definites and indefinites; 4 Some semantic and pragmatic distinctions; 5 Interaction with other grammatical phenomena; 6 Definiteness effects; 7 Defining definiteness; 8 Definiteness and noun phrase structure; 9 Diachronic aspects; References; Index; Languages Index.