On Definiteness

Name: On Definiteness: A Study with Special Reference to English and Finnish
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521022873
Price: 4148.00 INR
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A Study with Special Reference to English and Finnish

by Andrew Chesterman, Chesterman Andrew, S. R. Anderson

Cambridge University Press

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This book proposes a new 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 set theory. Dr.

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