This thesis investigates the semantics of two classes of definite expressions in English and
Kannada, namely (i) ordinary definite descriptions—expressed using the definite …

Though Kannada bare nominals are commonly used in contexts where they behave like
definite descriptions, the definite reading of the bare noun is unavailable (or highly …

Bare nominals in determinerless languages are commonly known to occur in definite, kind,
as well as indefinite contexts (eg, Dayal 1999, 2004; Jenks 2015, 2018; Ahn 2019; Deal and …

While the issue of definite descriptions has been discussed as early as Russell 1905, the
field remains active and open with recent efforts to look at how definiteness is encoded in …

Definite noun phrases typically refer to entities that are uniquely identifiable in the speaker
and addressee's common ground. However, some definite noun phrases (eg the hospital in …

Definite bare nominals in article-less languages exhibit a more limited distribution than
English the in anaphoric contexts. Here, I argue that a comprehensive account of this fact is …

This paper addresses the view that bare nominals in languages without articles can be
definites or indefinites. In particular, it challenges the status of bare nominals as indefinites …

Definiteness has been a central topic in theoretical semantics since its modern foundation.
Two main lines of thought have classically debated about the proper analysis of definite …

Semantic accounts of the definite article have tended to fall into two general
classes:'uniqueness' accounts (Russell, 1905), and 'familiarity'accounts (Heim, 1982; see …

This thesis offers a contrastive analysis of the notion of definiteness as conveyed by the
system of the article in English and Standard Arabic. Definiteness and other notions …