Definite article usage across varieties of English

This paper seeks to explore the extent of definite article usage variation in several varieties of English based on a classification of its usage types. An annotation scheme based on Hawkins and Prince was developed for this purpose. Using matching corpus data representing Inner Circle varieties a...

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Main Author: Abdul Wahid, Mohd Ridwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2013
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/29870/
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