“ the ” , “ a ” , and “ ”
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چکیده
The definite determiner “the” conveys a relation between the entity referred to by the noun phrase and the description provided by the noun phrase, and says that the entity is uniquely mutually identifiable in context by the speaker and hearer by virtue of that descripiton. This characterization splits into six different cases. The indefinite determiner “a” and the bare plural (the empty string of the title) conveys just the opposite. It says the entity referred to by the noun phrase is not mutually identifiable in context by the description provided by the noun phrase. This could result either from the property described being unknown or from the entity referred to being unknown. Each of these possibilities breaks into several subcases. Several hundred examples of definite and indefinite noun phrases in a diverse corpus are analyzed from this perspective.
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