Nominal appositions exhibit anaphoric properties and are linked to their antecedent by a BE-type relation. The initial assumption of this paper is that nominal appositions behave as nonreferring, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper presents novel data that challenge the traditional categorial understanding of the nominal phrase. The established use of an ...

Definiteness is an operator that referring to discourse and pragmatic situations. In a nutshell definiteness is a referent whose existence is commonly understood to both the speaker and the addressee.

The two demonstratives are marked negatively for inherent number feature: [-Pl_Inh]. This means that the value of number is not inherent, but it must be assigned an absolute value--based on agreement.

'Miles looked older than his brother, so revealing a strange maturity.' ('so' = less formal) 'Miles looked older than his brother, thus revealing a strange maturity.' ('thus' = more formal) However, ...