Definiteness is the concept expressed by definite articles such as "the", and also by other expressions such as demonstratives ("this", "that") and personal pronouns. This textbook surveys such expressions in the many languages of the world, and also examines the theoretical literature on this aspec
Definiteness (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
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- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 398
- Category
- Library
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