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Perspectives on Language Structure and Language Change: Studies in honor of Henning Andersen
Edited by Lars Heltoft, Iván Igartua, Brian D. Joseph, Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Lene Schøsler
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 345] 2019
► pp. 311–324

Definiteness in Germanic and Balto-Slavic

Historical and comparative perspectives

The present paper is concerned with overt marking of definiteness, and to a lesser extent indefiniteness, in Germanic and Balto-Slavic from a historical perspective, concentrating on the main functional or formation types as well as general aspects of the historical development of (in)definiteness marking in the Germanic, Baltic and Slavic languages. By way of conclusion, I offer some tentative areal perspectives concerning definiteness marking in Germanic and Balto-Slavic.
Keywords: article, definiteness, indefiniteness, Germanic, Baltic, Slavic, Sprachbund, areal patterning
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Germanic
    • 2.1Definiteness formations
    • 2.2Functional and morphological developments
  • 3.Baltic
  • 4.Slavic
  • 5.Conclusion: Areal patterning of definiteness in Germanic and Balto-Slavic
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 18 June 2019
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