Variation in the Occurrence and Interpretation of Articles in Malagasy: A Comparison with Italian
In languages that have a definite article but no indefinite article, the definite article typically maps to definites, and the bare noun maps to indefinites. We investigate this mapping in Malagasy, which imposes an additional restriction: bare nouns cannot be subjects. We ask whether the subject ca...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-08-01
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| Series: | Languages |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/3/202 |