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Autore |
Berezowski Leszek |
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Titolo |
The myth of the zero article [[electronic resource] /] / Leszek Berezowski |
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London ; ; New York, : Continuum Logo, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-18936-0 |
9786612189364 |
1-4411-1429-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (158 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Article |
English language - Noun |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-143) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The origin of the concept -- The application of the zero article -- Previous accounts -- Article grammaticalization -- Singular role holders -- Corpus data analysis -- Conclusions and further research. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Berezowski investigates the origin of the concept of the zero article and clearly demonstrates why it is problematic. The zero article is a staple element of any description of English article usage from advanced research publications down to student grammars, but there has been very little inquiry into its meaning and its other properties. There are copious amounts of publications dealing with the definite and indefinite articles but none about the zero article. Berezowski investigates the origin of the concept of the zero article and shows that it has roots both in structural linguistics of |
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