The Development of the Articles in Castilian

A Functional Approach

Bibliographic Data

ID5900713
AuthorsChristopher J Pountain (0000-0001-6952-1187)
Year2019
Volume4
Issue2
Pages20
Publication date2019-03-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguages (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/languages4020020
OpenAlexW2923622789
LanguageEN
References cited15

The development of the definite and indefinite articles in Castilian may be regarded as an instance of capitalization or adfunctionalization, following partial exaptation of the Latin demonstrative ille, which involves progressive widening without significant loss of function, the rendering of overt distinctions which were previously covert through the contrast between definite article, indefinite article and the "zero" determiner, the creation of new expressive possibilities and the facilitating of further distinctions in the grammatical system in combination with other determiners (usage with possessives, demonstratives and tal is examined

Anaphora (linguistics · Covert · Definiteness · Demonstrative · Determiner · Exaptation · Linguistics · Noun · Possessive · Underspecification · Basque language and culture studies · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies · Artificial Intelligence · Philosophy

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