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Grammaticalisation and the internal logic of the indefinite article
Folia Linguistica, 2012The West-European languages all develop an indefinite article by a grammaticalisation process of the numeral 'one'. The article describes the different outcomes of this process by distinguishing different patterns resulting from the interpretation of the numeral as a quantifier, a classifier or both.
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On the Generic Indefinite Article
Language, 1976It is proposed that NP's determined by the generic indefinite article represent abstract concepts, and as such are not inherently different from indefinite NP's appearing in copulative predicates. A derivation for generic indefinite NP's that reflects this is formulated (and evidence is adduced to show that any
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A definite or an indefinite article?
Digital Creativity, 2002(2002). A definite or an indefinite article? Digital Creativity: Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 189-192.
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Indefinite article or numeral one?
International Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 2015This paper investigatesiʔ5‘one’ in Shiposheng, a vernacular dialect spoken in the north of Guangdong Province. Thoughiʔ5in Shiposheng andyi‘one’ in Mandarin share similar usages, they behave differently when cooccurring with the demonstrative, i.e.,iʔ5in Shiposheng cannot follow the demonstrative as its Mandarin counterpart does.
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On the Acquisition of the Indefinite Article
Belgian Journal of Linguistics, 2005The present article argues that the idea of morphology-driven syntax carries over to first-language acquisition. Morphology encodes properties of functional categories, i.e. particular features and feature values that must be set according to the target (adult) language during the acquisition process.
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1997
Abstract In chapters 2 and 3 we were concerned with the first step in the evolution from concrete concept to grammatical concept—for example, from body-part to locative marker or numeral. Here we deal with the subsequent evolution from grammatical concept to even more grammatical concept.
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Abstract In chapters 2 and 3 we were concerned with the first step in the evolution from concrete concept to grammatical concept—for example, from body-part to locative marker or numeral. Here we deal with the subsequent evolution from grammatical concept to even more grammatical concept.
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