1996
DOI: 10.1093/jos/13.2.139
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The definite article: code and context

Abstract: Numerous grammatical items can only be understood if the context is taken into account. In order to provide a formal treatment of this problem, we introduce the nonon of knowledge base into linguistics. After having worked out a hard core system of rules for analysing numerals, definite articles, and indefinite articles, we give a thorough study of the French singular definite article le. This grammatical item has the particularity of not encoding a fixed information stored in the lexicon, but of running a pro… Show more

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“…Definiteness appeals to two distinct notions: one has to do with individual or unique reference, and the other with familiarity. 38 Heim (1982) and Renaud (1996) house-nom the-man-gen and-this (also) bayt-u r-rajul-i house-nom the-man-geǹ This is the man's house and this is (also) the man's house. '…”
Section: Definiteness In Sg and N Movementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Definiteness appeals to two distinct notions: one has to do with individual or unique reference, and the other with familiarity. 38 Heim (1982) and Renaud (1996) house-nom the-man-gen and-this (also) bayt-u r-rajul-i house-nom the-man-geǹ This is the man's house and this is (also) the man's house. '…”
Section: Definiteness In Sg and N Movementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Les types α, β et γ... représentent des types quelconques, construits à partir des types de base. Nous adoptons la notation de Renaud (1996), avec cependant quelques variantes. Comme en PROLOG, les symboles en minuscules sont des constantes, en majuscule des variables.…”
Section: Conventionsunclassified
“…et qu'il ne connaît aucun prénommé Tulippo. Pour traiter ce cas, Renaud (1996) a proposé un dispositif composé d'une grammaire syntactico-sémantique capable d'exploiter des connaissances enregistrées dans des bases de connaissances. Nous proposons de reprendre le même dispositif pour analyser le prénom en contexte.…”
Section: Cadre Théoriqueunclassified
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