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- ...article ''a(n)'' and numerals like ''two'', ''many'', etc. are examples of indefinite determiners. Recently, determiners have been analyzed as functional heads D2 KB (279 words) - 20:29, 12 February 2009
- ...of an indefinite noun phrase as an [[existential quantifier]]. In (i) the indefinite noun phrase has an existential interpretation because its logical paraphras547 bytes (78 words) - 03:36, 18 May 2009
- ...ecificity-contrast is often analyzed in terms of the relative scope of the indefinite with respect to an [[opaque context]]. The specific reading, then, correspo986 bytes (148 words) - 07:47, 4 November 2014
- '''Negative concord''' is a widespread term for cases where [[negative]] [[indefinite pronoun]]s cooccur with a separate expression of [[sentential negation]]. *[[Martin Haspelmath|Haspelmath, Martin]]. 2005. "Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation." In: Martin Haspelmath & Matthew S. Dryer2 KB (253 words) - 07:20, 30 August 2007
- The existential quantifier can be used to represent the meaning of indefinite noun phrases:785 bytes (119 words) - 17:12, 13 February 2009
- ...fear'', etc. Propositional attitude [[verb]]s create [[opaque context]]s. Indefinite [[noun phrase]]s in such a context are ambiguous between a ''de re'' and ''873 bytes (131 words) - 13:04, 20 February 2009
- *[[indefinite object deletion]]794 bytes (103 words) - 10:15, 30 November 2008
- ...nouns cannot be pluralized (cf. ''*milks'') and cannot be used with the [[indefinite article]] (cf. ''*a milk'') or with [[numeral]]s (cf. ''*one milk'').806 bytes (120 words) - 08:56, 6 October 2007
- It fixes the number of syllables of a [[foot]] as either two (bounded) or indefinite (unbounded or n-ary).593 bytes (82 words) - 17:22, 21 June 2014
- This approach, which requires a non-quantificational interpretation of indefinite NPs that function as donkey antecedents, has been implemented in Discourse * Heim, I. 1982. ''The semantics of definite and indefinite noun phrases,'' diss. U. Mass., Amherst.3 KB (425 words) - 21:06, 12 February 2009
- ...r Logiker so benannter Typ von Konditionalsätzen, in welchen im Vordersatz indefinite Nominalphrasen stehen, die im Nachsatz anaphorisch aufgenommen werden.1 KB (121 words) - 22:15, 12 February 2009
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- ...that contains the feature ''Affect''(''ive'') may ultimately appear as an indefinite."'' (Klima 1964:313)741 bytes (104 words) - 08:35, 9 September 2009
- The term was introduced by Milsark (1977) as a more general term for indefinite noun phrases. Besides traditional indefinites like ''a boy'' and ''boys'',1,003 bytes (144 words) - 18:07, 4 September 2014
- ...e subject of a sentence beginning with [[expletive]] ''there'', must be an indefinite noun phrase, or in Milsark's (1977) terms, a [[weak noun phrase]]. The defi1 KB (184 words) - 03:30, 18 May 2009
- ...ment out of a definite NP) and (ii) (''wh''-movement out of a non-specific indefinite NP). Also known as Specificity Constraint.1 KB (164 words) - 07:59, 4 November 2014
- English [[indefinite pronouns]] such as ''any, either'', [[minimizer]]s such as ''a fig, a drop, *Haspelmath, Martin. 1997. ''Indefinite pronouns.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press.3 KB (463 words) - 16:36, 18 July 2014
- ...unded feet contain at most two syllables and unbounded ones may contain an indefinite number of syllables. Within feet, one of the syllables is dominant, i.e. th3 KB (370 words) - 22:21, 13 February 2009
- A language does not necessarily have both an non-specific/indefinite and a specific/definite marker. These markers often stem from very differen2 KB (263 words) - 17:03, 20 September 2014
- ...itions are exclusively true or false) three-valued logics (true, false and indefinite) and other many-valued logics have been defined. The characteristic of thes2 KB (301 words) - 17:50, 21 September 2014