On the Generic Indefinite Article.

Burton-Roberts, Noel

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ERIC Number: EJ141446

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Publication Date: 1976

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On the Generic Indefinite Article

Burton-Roberts, Noel

Language, 52, 2, 427-448, Jun 76

Proposes that NPs determined by the generic indefinite article represent abstract concepts and as such are not inherently different from indefinite NPs appearing in copulative predicates. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: Deep Structure, Function Words, Linguistic Theory, Surface Structure, Syntax, Transformational Generative Grammar

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