Definiteness-indefiniteness category and logical quantification
Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives, 2015 Definiteness-indefiniteness category and logical quantification This work has been written within the “Logic and Language” project, realized under a cooperation agreement between the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the
Violetta Koseska-Toszewa
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Differences in the formalization of the semantic category of definiteness / indefiniteness
Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives, 2015 Differences in the formalization of the semantic category of definiteness / indefiniteness Basing on theoretical contrastive studies guidelines, the article defines the semantic category of definiteness/indefiniteness where two basic opposition ...
Danuta Roszko, Roman Roszko
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The Acquisition of Grammatical Marking of Indefiniteness with the Indefinite Article a in L2 English
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2007 The article system is a notorious source of difficulty for second language (L2) learners of English, largely because it is based on a complex set of abstract distinctions which are, to some extent, arbitrarily mapped onto surface forms (a, the, and zero).
Monika Ekiert
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Variation in the Occurrence and Interpretation of Articles in Malagasy: A Comparison with Italian
Languages, 2022 In languages that have a definite article but no indefinite article, the definite article typically maps to definites, and the bare noun maps to indefinites.
Ileana Paul +2 more
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Definiteness and Indefiniteness. A Comparative Perspective on Finnish and Italian
Lea, 2022 The article focuses on one of the crucial aspects that differentiates Italian and Finnish: the way to express definiteness and indefiniteness.
Lena Dal Pozzo
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Optionality in the Expression of Indefiniteness: A Pilot Study on Piacentine
Languages, 2022 Optionality is an issue within the minimalist theory of language, in which the principle of the “last resort” does not admit competing options to express the same meaning.
Luca Molinari
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Indefinites in Comparatives [PDF]
Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 2011 The goal of this paper is to explain the meaning and distribution of indefinites in comparatives, focusing on the case of English 'some' and 'any' and German 'irgend'-indefinites. We combine three competing theories of comparatives with an alternative semantics of 'some' and 'any', and a novel account of stressed 'irgend'-indefinites.
Aloni, M., Roelofsen, F.
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Indefiniteness in Francoprovençal. A Real Bare de? New Hints from the Consonantal Liaison
Géolinguistique, 2022 In Romance languages the indefinite articles are generally the result of prepositions + determiners (P + D) contraction, de + definite Article, combined with nominals within indefinite Determiners Phrases (DPs).
Michela Russo
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The Development of the Articles in Castilian: A Functional Approach
Languages, 2019 The development of the definite and indefinite articles in Castilian may be regarded as an instance of capitalization or adfunctionalization, following partial exaptation of the Latin demonstrative ille, which involves progressive widening without ...
Christopher J. Pountain
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Indefiniteness and Specificity in Old Italian Texts [PDF]
, 2001 Object of this study is the marking of nominal indefiniteness in Old Italian, more precisely Old Tuscan texts, in three collections of ...
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