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| − | + | Indefinite nouns refer to non-specific non-identifiable instances of the thing the noun describes. In English, indefinite nouns are usually marked with the indefinite article ''a'', (''a book'') or when plural appear with no article (''books''). In Gaelic, indefinites lack articles in both the singular and plural (taigh 'a house', taighean 'houses'). | |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| + | The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful! | ||
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indefinite_article | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indefinite_article | ||
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*Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.'' Oxford, UK: Blackwell. | *Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.'' Oxford, UK: Blackwell. | ||
*Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.. | *Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.. | ||
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[[Category: Technical Definitions]] | [[Category: Technical Definitions]] | ||
[[Category: Semantics]] | [[Category: Semantics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:39, 10 June 2012
Indefinite nouns refer to non-specific non-identifiable instances of the thing the noun describes. In English, indefinite nouns are usually marked with the indefinite article a, (a book) or when plural appear with no article (books). In Gaelic, indefinites lack articles in both the singular and plural (taigh 'a house', taighean 'houses').
See Also
External Links
The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!
References
- Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press..
