The origin of the cliticness of the west Germanic definite article: the case of Beowulf [PDF]
Linguistica, 1984 The present paper is mainly concerned with the definite ar ticle of Beowulf. The literature about the West Germanic definite article has always allotted a prime place among the old Germanic texts to this poem: it is undisputably archaic (Kuhn 1933: 105,
Janez Orešnik
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The definite article in Votic: the process of grammaticalisation [PDF]
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2015 The paper is devoted to the grammaticalisation of the deictic pronoun se into a definite article in Votic. The author traces this process diachronically demonstrating the results of her studies with the examples of a folktale written down by August ...
Tatiana Agranat
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Emergence of New Predictors Projecting the Definite Article Variability: Evidence from Nigerian English [PDF]
Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture, 2018 An important syntactic system in the noun phrase (NP) is the definite article system. The definite article system in emerging varieties of English, such as Nigerian and Indian, have been shown to manifest varying degrees of variability in their usages ...
Mayowa Akinlotan
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Definite generic vs. definite unique in L2 acquisition [PDF]
Journal of the European Second Language Association, 2018 This study examines the role of universal meanings in second language (L2) acquisition by specifically looking at whether Japanese L2 learners of English can distinguish between definite generic the and definite unique the.
Neal Snape
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A Pedagogical Perspective on the Definite and the Indefinite Article in the Romanian Language. Challenges for Foreign Learners [PDF]
Verbum, 2019 All Romance languages have developed the definite and the indefinite article via the Vulgar Latin (Classical Latin did not use articles), the language of the Roman colonists. According to Joseph H.
Ovidiu Ivancu
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Definite Descriptions, Presuppositions and Reference [PDF]
Cadernos de Estudos Lingüísticos, 2017 In this article I review some fundamental aspects of the singularist view of definite descriptions taking as paradigm the Frege-Strawson version of it.
Marco Ruffino
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The types of reference and definite descriptions. [PDF]
Тонкие химические технологии, 2008 The article deals with the study of the types of reference and definite descriptions. The use of definite and indefinite reference is considered. The term «definite descriptions» is interpreted.
L. A. Ivanova
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Some features of the use of the definite article with proper nouns in French – expansion of the proper nouns notion [PDF]
Тонкие химические технологии, 2011 The article deals with the use of the definite article with proper nouns that are correlated with adverbs, nouns groups or relative pronouns which serve to determine the referent. The role of the referent is schematically illustrated.
E. L. Loukomskaya
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On a new LaTeX package for automatic Hungarian definite article [PDF]
, 2022 In the LATEX document preparation system (see [3]) it is possible to insert automatically the appropriate definite article for cross-references and other commands containing texts in Hungarian language documents.
Tómács, Tibor
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The Arabic Definite Article: A Challenge Facing Advanced L2 Learners [PDF]
, 2023 One of the most difficult challenges of learning Arabic as a foreign language is mastering the definite article system. Research in the area of Arabic L2 acquisition shows that the Arabic definite article al- ‘the’ poses serious difficulties for adult ...
A . Alkohlani, Fatima
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