Definite article usage across varieties of English

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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
Subjects:	P Philology. Linguistics PE English
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29870/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29870/1/http___authorservices.wiley.com_bauthor_onlineLibraryTPS.asp_DOI%3D10.1111_weng.pdf

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