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A Particle of Indefiniteness in American Sign Language

Linguistic Discovery, 2003
We describe here the characteristics of a very frequently-occurring ASL indefinite focus particle, which has not previously been recognized as such. We show here that, despite its similarity to the question sign "WHAT", the particle is distinct from that
Carol Neidle, Frances Conlin, Paul Hagstrom   +2 more
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”Strong” Indefiniteness and Topicality

, 2013
The paper addresses the relation between “strong” or presuppositional readings of indefinite noun phrases and the notion of topicality in its sentential and discourse-level formulations.
Özge, Umut
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"Strong" Indefiniteness and Topicality

, 2019
The paper addresses the relation between “strong” or presuppositional readings of indefinite noun phrases and the notion of topicality in its sentential and discourse-level formulations.
Özge, Umut
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Impersonal passives in icelandic

Linguistica, 2000
This paper argues that /celandic impersonal passives have a constructional property that expresses generic events. After having demonstrated their basic characteristics, it is shown that the notion of 'activity' is inadequate for the explanation of why ...
Toshiko Yamaguchi
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Syllogistic with Indefinite Terms

History and Philosophy of Logic, 2012
This paper presents a restructured set of axioms for categorical logic. In virtue of it, the syllogistic with indefinite terms is deduced and proved, within the categorical logic boundaries. As a result, the number of all the conclusive syllogisms is deduced through a simple and axiomatic methodology.
Alvarez, Enrique, Correia, Manuel
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The Expression of Indefiniteness in English and Uzbek Languages [PDF]

This study explores the expression of indefiniteness in English and Uzbek, highlighting its role in indicating that referents are not identifiable due to a lack of shared knowledge or previous mention.
Klicheva, Nargiza Ashirbayevna
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Seven Lamps of Architectural Design

Joelho, 2013
In the present, the contemporary model of the Design and Design Studio is constantly being tested and revised, before a rising heterodoxy of programs and methods. As a key, it is proposed the retrieval of John Ruskin’s essay “Seven Lamps of Architecture”
Bruno Gil
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Using AI to Analyze Patent Claim Indefiniteness

, 2019
We describe how to use artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to partially automate a type of legal analysis, determining whether a patent claim satisfies the definiteness requirement.
Ashley, Kevin, Alderucci, Dean, Ashley, Kevin D.   +2 more
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Aknad, lõpmatuse läved. Parallelismid Giacomo Leopardi, Tõnu Õnnepalu ja Jan Kausi loomingus

Keel ja Kirjandus
The literary works of the 19th-century Italian poet and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1836) have been available in Estonian for years. Less familiar, however, is the poetics of the vague and indefinite (Italian: poetica del vago e dell’indefinito ...
Kristiina Rebane
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Information structure and the status of np in russian

, 2013
In his 1995 monograph, Apresyan suggests that it would be extremely interesting to investigate the means of expressing the definiteness/indefiniteness opposition in languages that do not have articles.
Brun, Dina
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