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Studia Romanica et Anglica Zagrabiensia : Revue publiée par les Sections romane, italienne et anglaise de la Faculté des Lettres de l’Université de Zagreb, Vol. 26 No. -, 1981.

Original scientific paper

Memorized Definite Article

Leonardo Spalatin

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page 209-262

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Abstract

A speaker of Serbo-Croatian has nothing in his language to
signal the necessity of using the definite article when trying to
speak or write English. This absence of the article concept
makes it hard for speakers of Serbo-Croatian to ever master
the articles, particularly the definite article, in English. However,
there are certain »uses of the definite article which are quite
frequently accompanied by some features, not necessarily
directly Connected with the article system. As these features
exist also in Serbo-Croatian, they can be memorized by the
speaker of Serbo-Croatian and utilized in the production of
certain subclasses of the definite article in English. This article
defines and classaifíes some of the most productive of these
features.

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Hrčak ID:

121785

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/121785

Publication date:

26.12.1981.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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