On Definiteness - A Study With Special Reference to English and Finnish

Klappentext This book proposes a new theory of definiteness in language. Zusammenfassung This 1991 book proposes a theory of definiteness! based on an analysis of the rich system of articles in English! and of the ways in which definiteness is inferred rather than expressed in Finnish. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. English articles: the research traditions; 3. English article usage; 4. A unified description of the English articles; 5. Finnish: no articles; 6. Finnish spesies; 7. The status of definiteness in Finnish; 8. English and Finnish contrasted; 9. Wider perspectives; References; Indexes.

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• Authors: Chesterman Andrew, Andrew Chesterman, Andrew (University of Helsinki) Chesterman, Chesterman Andrew
• Assisted by: S. R. Anderson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2005
• EAN: 9780521022873
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02287-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguisti; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Finnish (Suomi)