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18.1.4.Deviant semantics
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This section discusses a number of special semantic readings of noun phrases with a definite or indefinite (null) article. We will not attempt to relate these special cases to any of the semantic core interpretations of articles discussed in Section 18.1.1. Section 18.1.4.1 begins with a number of cases in which the verb and the noun phrase (possibly embedded in a PP) form a kind of verbal predicate. Section 18.1.4.2 continues with a discussion of the use of the definite article in inalienable possession constructions. Section 18.1.4.3 discusses the use of articles in evaluative contexts, such as the use of een in exclamative constructions, and Section 18.1.4.4 concludes with the use of articles with certain measure phrases.

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