Testing weak and strong definites experimentally across languages Schwarz (2009) proposed a distinction between weak and strong definite articles, reflected in Standard German in the presence or absence of contraction of the article with certain prepositions (e.g., vom vs. von dem). Semantically, the analysis took the former to be a situationally restricted uniqueness article, and the latter an anaphoric article bearing...

Colloquium Talk - Jack Duff Mar 12 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Location: La Kretz Hall 120

Colloquium Talk - Kelsey Sasaki Mar 10 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Location: La Kretz Hall 120