9780521362825 - Definiteness (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) von Lyons, Christopher (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Hardcover. 8vo. Cambridge University Press. 1999. 400 pgs. No DJ. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Photos sent upon request. A-3; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages.

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Zustand: New. This 1999 book is an explanation of the grammatical concept of definiteness ('the', 'this', 'that') and how many languages express it. Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics. Num Pages: 402 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 745. . 1999. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Seiten: 402 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | This 1999 book is an explanation of the grammatical concept of definiteness ('the', 'this', 'that') and how many languages express it.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This 1999 textbook investigates definiteness both from a comparative and a theoretical point of view, showing how languages express definiteness and what definiteness is. It surveys a large number of languages to discover the range of variation in relation to definiteness and related grammatical phenomena, such as demonstratives, possessives and personal pronouns. It outlines work done on the nature of definiteness in semantics, pragmatics and syntax, and develops an account on which definiteness is a grammatical category represented in syntax as a functional head (the widely discussed D). Consideration is also given to the origins and evolution of definite articles in the light of the comparative and theoretical findings. Among the claims advanced are that definiteness does not occur in all languages, though the pragmatic concept which it grammaticalizes probably does.