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On Definiteness

Name: On Definiteness
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 02029376
Price: 55140 HUF
Availability: InStock
Author: Andrew Chesterman
ISBN: 9780521391948

A Study with Special Reference to English and Finnish

Andrew Chesterman

Language

English

Book Hardback

Libristo code: 02029376

Publishers Cambridge University Press, January 1991

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This 1991 book proposes a 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 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 which 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 between languages in the way in which they draw the line between syntax, semantics and pragmatics.