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1、Thistextbookinvestigatesdefinitenessbothfromacomparativeandathe-oreticalpointofview,showinghowlanguagesexpressdefinitenessandwhatdefinitenessis.Itsurveysalargenumberoflanguagestodiscovertherangeofvariationinrelationtodefinitenessandrelatedgrammaticalphenomena:demonstratives,possessives,pers
2、onalpronouns.Itoutlinesworkdoneonthenatureofdefinitenessinsemantics,pragmaticsandsyn-tax,anddevelopsanaccountonwhichdefinitenessisagrammaticalcat-egoryrepresentedinsyntaxasafunctionalhead(thewidelydiscussedD).Considerationisalsogiventotheoriginsandevolutionofdefinitearticlesinthelightofthe
3、comparativeandtheoreticalfindings.Amongtheclaimsadvancedarethatdefinitenessdoesnotoccurinalllanguagesthoughthepragmaticconceptwhichitgrammaticalizesprobablydoes,thatmanylanguageshavedefinitenessintheirpronounsystembutnotelsewhere,thatdefinitenessisnotinherentinpossessives,andthatdefiniteness
4、istobeassimilatedtothegrammaticalcategoryofperson.CAMBRIDGETEXTBOOKSINLINGUISTICSGeneraleditors:s.r.anderson,j.bresnan,b.comrie,w.dressler,c.ewen,r.huddleston,r.lass,d.lightfoot,j.lyons,p.h.matthews,r.posner,s.romaine,n.v.smith,n.vincentDEFINITENESSInthisseriesp.h.matthewsMorphologySeco
5、ndeditionb.comrieAspectr.m.kempsonSemanticTheoryt.bynonHistoricalLinguisticsj.allwood,l.-g.andersonandö.dahlLogicinLinguisticsd.b.fryThePhysicsofSpeechr.a.hudsonSociolinguisticsSecondeditiona.j.elliottChildLanguagep.h.matthewsSyntaxa.radfordTransformationalSyntaxl.bauerEnglishWord-Forma
6、tions.c.levinsonPragmaticsg.brownandg.yuleDiscourseAnalysisr.huddlestonIntroductiontotheGrammarofEnglishr.lassPhonologyb.comrieTensew.kleinSecondLanguageAcquisitiona.j.woods,p.fletcheranda.hughesStatisticsinLanguageStudiesd.a.cruseLexicalSemanticsf.r.palmerMoodandModalitya.radfordTransf
7、ormationalGrammarm.garmanPsycholinguisticsw.croftTypologyandUniversalsg.g.corbettGenderh.j.giegerichEnglishPhonologyr.cannFormalSemanticsp.j.hopperande.c.traugottGrammaticalizationj.laverPrinciplesofPhoneticsf.r.palmerGrammaticalRolesandRelationsb.blakeCasem.a.jonesFoundationso
