The definiteness feature in English is both LF and PF interpretable while Persian is a language in which this feature is LF-interpretable but PF-uninterpretable. Hence, there is no overt article or morphological inflection in Persian denoting a definite context. Furthermore, Persian partially encodes specificity not definiteness. In definiteness both the speaker and hearer are involved while in...

This paper posits a distinction between plain definite DPs and indexed DPs: only the latter have syntactically represented referential index, an idxP, in [Spec, DP]. After sketching theory of idx as cross-categorial feature pro-forms, argues that anaphoric definites, complex demonstratives (e.g. linguist), pronominal definites we linguists) idxP specifiers The second part presents case study fr...

the definiteness feature in english is both lf and pf interpretable while persian is a language in which this feature is lf-interpretable but pf-uninterpretable. hence, there is no overt article or morphological inflection in persian denoting a definite context. furthermore, persian partially encodes specificity not definiteness. in definiteness both the speaker and hearer are involved while in...

We present a definiteness annotation scheme that captures the semantic, pragmatic, and discourse information associated with noun phrases, which we call communicative functions. A survey of the linguistics literature suggests that definiteness does not express a single communicative function but is a grammaticalization of many such functions, for example, identifiability, familiarity, uniquenes...

In the first part of this paper I draw a typology of definiteness; later I reflect on the definiteness of NPs in an IL-representation. The major result is given by the determiner generators. Definiteness should be evaluated in a Q-A system and in MT. The extensive functionality of definiteness is first elaborated in the parsing and results in an ILrepresentation; finally the determiner generato...

Abstract This is a rough guide to the topic which might be worthy develop further on. Expanding positive definiteness beyond its presupposed scope intriguing due number of possible applications. The paper though looking at first glance little bit sketchy may provide basis for research.