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This 1999 textbook investigates definiteness both from a comparative and a theoretical point of view, showing how languages express definiteness and what definiteness is. It surveys a large number of languages to discover the range of variation in relation to definiteness and related grammatical phe...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lyons, Christopher
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
Subjects:
Definiteness (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Semantics.
Pragmatics.
Semantics
Définis (Linguistique)
Syntaxe.
Sémantique.
Pragmatique.
semantics.
pragmatics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Pragmatics
Definitheit
Linguistik
Taaltypologie.
Grammatica.
Bepaaldheid (taalkunde)
Définis.
Définition (linguistique)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 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.

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