On Definiteness

A Study with Special Reference to English and Finnish

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Paperback | 9 February 2006

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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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Published: 11th March 1991

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Introduction
English articles: the research traditions
English article usage
A unified description of the English articles
Finnish: no articles
Finnish spesies
The status of definiteness in Finnish
English and Finnish contrasted
Wider perspectives


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On Definiteness

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