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This 1999 textbook investigates definiteness both from a comparative and a theoretical point of view, showing how languages express definiteness and what definiteness is. It surveys a large number of languages to discover the range of variation in relation to definiteness and related grammatical phenomena, such as demonstratives, possessives and personal pronouns. It outlines work done on the nature of definiteness in semantics, pragmatics and syntax, and develops an account on which definiteness is a grammatical category represented in syntax as a functional head (the widely discussed D). Consideration is also given to the origins and evolution of definite articles in the light of the comparative and theoretical findings. Among the claims advanced are that definiteness does not occur in all languages, though the pragmatic concept which it grammaticalizes probably does.

What happens when you face the true test of your moral character? What happens when you fail that test?When Jake Conason goes to a party at his Jefferson University fraternity house, he's sitting on t

If you can play just a few notes on the trumpet (or cornet), then you're ready for this book. Here are 15 imaginative little pieces specially composed for the absolute beginner, all of them with attra

This book examines the stories that corporations tell about themselves -- and explores the powerful influence of corporations in the transformation of cultural and social life. Six case studies draw