On Definiteness

Name: On Definiteness
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521391948
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A Study with Special Reference to English and Finnish

Autor: Andrew Chesterman

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Oprawa: Twarda

Wydawca: Cambridge University Press

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This 1991 book proposes a theory of definiteness in language. It argues that definiteness should be...

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Autor

Andrew Chesterman

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

1991

strony

236

EAN

9780521391948

ISBN

0521391946

Enbook ID

02029376

Wydawca

Cambridge University Press

Waga

458

Wymiary

152 x 229 x 17

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This 1991 book proposes a theory of definiteness in language. It argues that definiteness should be viewed as a cover-term comprising three basic oppositions within the areas of familiarity (locatability), quantity (inclusiveness) and generality (extensivity). Further, the oppositions are not discrete but scalar, and lend themselves to characterization in terms of fuzzy theory. Dr Chesterman examines these themes, firstly by drawing on several traditions of research on the rich system of articles in English, and then by looking at how the concept of definiteness is realized in Finnish, a language which has no articles and typically leaves definiteness to be inferred by a variety of means. On Definiteness provides a thorough and sensitive discussion of an intricate semantic problem. It highlights two important theoretical points: the fuzziness of the linguistic concept of definiteness and the differences between languages in the way in which they draw the line between syntax, semantics and pragmatics.

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