Definiteness and Indefiniteness: A Study in Reference and Grammaticality Prediction

by John A. Hawkins

Book Overview

First published in 1988, this book is concerned with the definite and indefinite articles in English. It provides an integrated pragmatic-semantic theory of definite and indefinite reference, on the basis of which, many co-occurance restrictions between articles and non-modifiers are explained.

At the general theoretical level, the book looks at the role of semantics in the prediction of all and only the grammatical sentences of a language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138919330
• ISBN13: 9781138919334
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"