
The Open Handbook of (In)definiteness
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Interpreting Bare Arguments
$482.13
- Hardcover
464 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2026
Summary
A hands-on, accessible guide for investigating the meaning of noun phrases.
Why do many languages have definite and indefinite articles, while many others do not? What principles govern the use of articles? Do these principles apply to article-less languages? These are some of the questions that confront anyone who engages seriously with language, from theoretical linguists and cognitive scientists to language learners and language teachers. In The Open Handbook of (In)definitenes…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262052795 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262052792 |
| Author: | Veneeta Dayal |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 254mm |
| Series: | Open Handbooks in Linguistics |

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Veneeta Dayal
Veneeta Dayal is Dorothy R. Diebold Professor & Chair of Linguistics at Yale University. In addition to articles on a wide range of topics in semantics and its interfaces with pragmatics and syntax, she is the author of Locality in Wh Quantification and Questions, and coeditor of Clause Structure in South Asian Languages.
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