On Definiteness

Name: On Definiteness
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521022873
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A Study with Special Reference to English and Finnish

Autor: Andrew Chesterman

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Vazba: Brožovaná

Vydavatel: 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

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydáno

2005

Stránek

236

EAN

9780521022873

ISBN

0521022878

Enbook ID

02018336

Vydavatel

Cambridge University Press

Hmotnost

370

Rozměry

229 x 152 x 19

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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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