Izvorni znanstveni članak
Generated Definite Article*
Leonardo Spalatin
Sažetak
The uses of the definite article (IDA) can be .classified into those
that are memorized (as for instance the DA with names of
seas) and those that must be "generated" for every particular
situation. This essay deals with this latter 'group 'of the uses
ľ of the DA where it distinguished several subgroups. One set of
subgroups has in common a formal element of some kind that
can be utilized as a comparatively reliable signal for the use
of the DA. These elements are either within the nominal group
in which the relevant noun appears (Contextual DA) or they
are outside the group (Cotextual DA). When they are within
the nominal group they can either precede the relevant noun
or follow it. When the signals suggesting the use of the DA in
preference of some other article are outside the nominal group,
they take the form of a "first-mention" element. This element
can be the same noun that occurs in the nominal group ( king
the king) or some other noun but with the same referent
king . .. the monarch; John . . . the boy), or a whole situation.
A very 'frequent case is :that -the first-mention element and the
relevant noun form a whole (- town . . . the bus station). Another
subtype of the generated DA has no formal signal in the cotext
or the context, but the implied signal is some kind of a common
background shared by a group of spea-kers (the sun, the children
are playing in the street). With plural nouns, this "interpretative"
DA indicates that all- the members of a set are referred to (a star - stars, the stars). The signals listed are of a limited value; what is decisive for this type of the DA is whether the referent is conceived of
as "unique" (the only such referent in a given situation at a given time) or not.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
121815
URI
Datum izdavanja:
26.2.1980.
Posjeta: 783 *