Definiteness and referentiality
This collection takes an empirical perspective on the theory of definiteness and referentiality. It contributes experimental and corpus-based research, synchronic and diachronic, and research on lesser-studied languages or constructions. The topics include the semantics of definite and demonstrative descriptions, and their correspondents in articleless languages, such as bare nominals.
Guest editors: Carla Bombi and Radek Šimík
Research Article
Familiar vs. unique in a diachronic perspective. Case study of the rise of the definite article in North Germanic
Alicja Piotrowska and Dominika Skrzypek
2021-07-08 2021 • Volume 6
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Special Collection: Definiteness and referentiality
Definiteness without determiners in German
Ljudmila Geist
2021-10-14 2021 • Volume 6 • 1–30
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Defining Definiteness in Turoyo
Miriam Yifrach and Elizabeth Coppock
2021-10-22 2021 • Volume 6
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Pseudo Incorporation and Anaphoricity: Evidence from Persian
Fereshteh Modarresi and Manfred Krifka
2021-11-26 Definiteness and referentiality
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The interpretative options of anaphoric complex demonstratives
Stefan Hinterwimmer and Umesh Patil
2022-03-30 2022 • Volume 7
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The evolution of possessive phrases and the rise of DP in French, Spanish, and Portuguese
Alexandra Simonenko and Anne Carlier
2022-04-12 2022 • Volume 7
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The accusative/genitive alternation in Bosnian/ Croatian/Serbian
Halima Husić and Agata Marie Renans
2022-05-05 2022 • Volume 7
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The English past tense as a definite description
Ruoying Zhao
2023-01-10 Definiteness and referentiality
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Definiteness and referentiality
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