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On Definiteness - A Study with Special Reference to English and Finnish (Paperback, Revised)
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On Definiteness - A Study with Special Reference to English and Finnish (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
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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. 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 that 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 among languages in the
ways in which they draw the line between syntax, semantics and
pragmatics.
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