What do definites do that indefinites definitely don't?

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  • Daniel Büring

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https://doi.org/10.21248/zaspil.23.2001.113

Abstract

This paper investigates how (in)definiteness in word order; more specifically, how it in the ordering of objects in the Mittelfeld of German double-object constructions. As a starting point I take what I'll call the Indefinite Puzzle.

 

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2001

Zitationsvorschlag

Büring, Daniel. 2001. „What Do Definites Do That Indefinites Definitely don’t?“. ZAS Papers in Linguistics 23 (Januar):59-84. https://doi.org/10.21248/zaspil.23.2001.113.

Ausgabe

Bd. 23 (2001): Information structure and the referential status of linguistic expression: workshop as part of the 23th annual meetings of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft in Leipzig, Leipzig, February 28 - March 2, 2001

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