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200 10$aDefiniteness /$fChristopher Lyons$b[electronic resource]
210  1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d1999.
215   $a1 online resource (xx, 380 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s)
225 1 $aCambridge textbooks in linguistics
300   $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
311   $a0-521-36835-9 
311   $a0-521-36282-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 341-358) and indexes.
327   $aPreliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Basic observations; 2 Simple definites and indefinites; 3 Complex definites and indefinites; 4 Some semantic and pragmatic distinctions; 5 Interaction with other grammatical phenomena; 6 Definiteness effects; 7 Defining definiteness; 8 Definiteness and noun phrase structure; 9 Diachronic aspects; References; Index; Languages Index
330   $aThis 1999 textbook investigates definiteness both from a comparative and a theoretical point of view, showing how languages express definiteness and what definiteness is. It surveys a large number of languages to discover the range of variation in relation to definiteness and related grammatical phenomena, such as demonstratives, possessives and personal pronouns. It outlines work done on the nature of definiteness in semantics, pragmatics and syntax, and develops an account on which definiteness is a grammatical category represented in syntax as a functional head (the widely discussed D). Consideration is also given to the origins and evolution of definite articles in the light of the comparative and theoretical findings. Among the claims advanced are that definiteness does not occur in all languages, though the pragmatic concept which it grammaticalizes probably does.
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606   $aDefiniteness (Linguistics)
606   $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSyntax
606   $aSemantics
606   $aPragmatics
615  0$aDefiniteness (Linguistics)
615  0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSyntax.
615  0$aSemantics.
615  0$aPragmatics.
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