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From Slovene into English: Identifying Definiteness
ELOPE, 2008 The paper addresses some typical instances of the translator’s failure to recognize definite reference in Slovene, which, in turn, results in an inappropriate determiner selection in English.
Frančiška Lipovšek
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Simplex Generic Toponyms in Four English-speaking Jurisdictions
Names, 2020 Toponymic literature generally recognizes three main structures in English: those with a specific + generic element (e.g. Tweed River, Mount White); those that consist of a specific element alone (e.g. Perth, Washington); and less commonly, those with a
Jan Tent
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Count-mass Distinction in the Acquisition of English Articles by Persian Learners of English [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2012 Articles in general and definite articles in particular can create problems even long after all other aspects of English have been mastered. The present article investigated the learnability problems related to the acquisition of count-mass distinction ...
Mohammad Javad Rezai
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The case for weak null in English
Kalbotyra, 2023 The concept of the null article in English was originally developed as a means of explaining the apparent paradox that singular nouns with the same surface form, namely the non-presence of a grammatical article, are used in quite different communicative
Andrew Tollet
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Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 2021 (English) This paper investigates the use of articles in texts written by young EFL learners in Norway. The accurate use of articles has been highlighted as a problem area for Norwegian learners by e.g.
Sofie Larsen, Kristian A. Rusten
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The Role of the English Article System in Developing Dialogical Context: A View from Russian Science
Journal of Language and Education, 2020 A common issue arising in international scientific communication concerns the use of zero-, indefinite- and definite articles in English. While existing pedagogical approaches are successfully used to teach near-native competency in the use of English ...
Thomas A. Beavitt, Natalia G. Popova
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The definite article and anaphoric possessors in Hungarian
Linguistica Brunensia, 2018 The paper describes the grammar of anaphoric possessor strategies in Hungarian, and it outlines the framework of an analysis where the presence or absence of the definite article plays a crucial role in the determination of the referential dependency ...
György Rákosi
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Volba determinantů v nominální anafoře — srovnání situace ve španělštině a češtině : The Choice of Determiners in Nominal Anaphora — Comparison of Usage in Spanish and Czech [PDF]
Časopis pro Moderní Filologii, 2016 This study deals with issues of determiners in different types of nominal anaphora in Spanish and Czech. It analyzes the choice between demonstratives and the definite article in Spanish.
Adéla Erbenová
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Definite Article Use in the Interlanguage of Spanish Speakers: A Multidimensional Problem
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2012 This paper aims to study the relationship between the different forms of definite article use in Spanish and English and its inherent influence on the acquisitional process of Spanish learners of English. A study was carried out with three groups of ten
Laura Torrado Mariñas
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The Deity in the Definite Article: laššāwʼ and related terms for Baʻal in Jeremiah
Old Testament Essays, 2020 The general consensus is that the abstract noun šāwʼ (שׁוא) in the HB/OT, with the basic meaning of worthlessness, inefficacy, deceit, emptiness, falsehood, lie, could refer either to these qualities in general (typically translated in the English as “in
C Wynand Retief
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