Definiteness and Indefiniteness: A Study in Reference and Grammaticality Prediction

John A. Hawkins · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1978

Preface Introduction 1. Meaning and Grammaticality Prediction in Generative Grammar 2. Syntactic and Semantic Causes of Ungrammaticality 3. The Referential Meaning of Definiteness 4. The Semantic Contrast between Definiteness and Indefiniteness 5. Ungrammaticalities Arising from the Semantic Contrast between Definiteness and Indefiniteness 6. Conclusions and Hypotheses for the Theory of Grammar Notes References Index

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