This study is concerned with the distribution of the definite article in German with plural nominals that have a generic reading . In Standard German, genericity is typically expressed by bare nouns (Tiger sind gefhrlich'Tigers are dangerous'). Many researchers have claimed that there is ...
Among their topics are second-language constructions and interactional competence: subordination and coordination in English second-language learning, optional that in complementation by German and Spanish learners, using blending theory to teach English conditionals, making sense of the definite article throu...
References in periodicals archive ?However, (Mills, 1986) reports higher error rates for indefinite than for definite articles. Szagun et al., (2007) found an earlier increment for indefinite articles (at 2;04) than for definite articles (at 2;07) in German learners. The only difference is...
In Spanish, there are four definite articles: el, la, los, and las. The definite article clarifies the gender of the word. They are as follows: Number Feminine Masculine Singular La El Plural Las Los When a noun is plural, the definite article is also plural. For example, to say that...
Generally, zero article precedes proper nouns, uncountable nouns that refer to abstract ideas or plural nouns when the reference is indefinite. Here are some examples: Clean air is vital for a healthy environment. Wisdom is the gift of heaven. German is a difficult language to master. Children...
Two types of definites in natural language This thesis is concerned with the description and analysis of two semantically different types of definite articles in German. While the existence of disti... F Schwarz - 《Proquest Llc》 被引量: 144发表: 2009年 A note on referent identifiability and...
THE FUNCTION OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE IN SOME INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES: THE GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DETERMINACY 喜欢 0 阅读量: 46 作者: H Galton 摘要: 摘要: 关键词: Descriptive Linguistics Determiners (Languages English French German Indo European Languages Italian Language Patterns Morphology (Languages...
A definite article is used to signal that you’re speaking about a specific thing or group of things. The audience must be fully aware of what specific item you’re talking about, as they wouldn’t be able to follow the conversation otherwise. The only definite article in English is “the...
The origin of the cliticness of the west Germanic definite article: the case of BeowulfIn the Germanic languages, unaccented pronominal subjects have been in use for quite some time, whenever other types of subject are excluded. Utilising Gothic, Northumbrian and above all Old High German data...
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110732221-010Urtzi Etxeberria The partitive marker in Basque, and its relation to bare nouns and the definite articleThis paper aims at making a thorough description of the use of bare nouns, the definite determiner as well as the partitive marker in Basque and its...