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Lyons, Christopher – 1989
Definiteness and indefiniteness are usually seen as essentially a matter of lexical semantics, in that whether a noun phrase (NP) is definite or indefinite depends on the choice of determiner. It may be more accurate to say that the position of the determiners within phrase structure configurations may correlate with the definite/indefinite…
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research
Peer reviewedLyons, Christopher – Journal of Linguistics, 1986
Discusses the possessive constructions in English, in particular, the postponed construction. (An example of the postponed construction is "a book of John's," contrasted with "John's book," the preposed construction.) The study contrasts the possessive "of" with the "of" in other constructions and concludes…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Contrastive Linguistics, English, Language Patterns
