First published in 1988, this book is concerned with the definite and indefinite articles in English. It provides an integrated pragmatic-semantic theory of definite and indefinite reference, on the basis of which, many co-occurance restrictions between articles and non-modifiers are explained.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2017-02-02
Language: English
Number of Pages: 316
Edition: 1
Volume: 11
Series: Routledge Library Editions: The English Language
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