| 词汇 | indefinite-article |
| 释义 | indefinite article noun[ C ] language specializeduk /ɪnˌdef.ɪ.nət ˈɑː.tɪ.kəl/ us /ɪnˌdef.ɪ.nət ˈɑːr.t̬ɪ.kəl/ B1 the grammatical name for the words "a" and "an" in English or words in other languages that have a similar use不定冠词 Compare definite articlespecialized If you ask for 'a ham sandwich', you're using the indefinite article 'a' before the noun. Don't forget that, before any word beginning with a vowel, the indefinite article would be 'an', for example 'an interesting book'. Linguistics: parts of speech abstract noun adj adjectival adjectivally adjunct adv adverb adverbial article common noun concrete noun conj conjunction connective count noun countable noun definite article part of speech prep relative pronoun indefinite article | American Dictionaryindefinite article noun[ C ] us/ɪnˈdef·ə·nət ˈɑr·t̬ɪ·kəl/ grammar the words "a" and "an" in English, or words in other languages that have a similar use. Examples of indefinite articleindefinite article The reason for thinking this is that it cannot be determined by the indefinitearticle. When vowel-initial nouns or noun modifiers followed the indefinitearticle, an occurred. The latter were productions of a definite suffix instead of an indefinitearticle, a pronoun, an irrelevant comment, or a refusal to respond. For the present analysis gender marked definite and indefinitearticle forms were used irrespective of case. In the above sentence, for example, the rhematic nature of the subject is signaled by its indefinitearticle. As hardly any dative forms of the indefinitearticle occurred, indefinite forms were not included in the analysis. For the indefinitearticle there was a perfect fit. Identifying such, on the other hand, can occur with several other determiners besides the indefinitearticle, and it follows rather than precedes them. I will propose that this difference is due to the different prosodic prominence of the indefinitearticle and the possessive pronoun. These facts certainly suggest that there is a difference in the prosodic status of the indefinitearticle and the possessive pronoun. Figure 1 presents absolute frequencies of gender marked definite and indefinitearticle forms, correct and incorrect forms summed up. The appropriate indefinitearticle is inserted by procedures associated with the grammar. In this example, the tested category, neuter gender, is to be shown in the answer by the indefinitearticle and the adjective. They were included because the adult speakers that evaluated the children's productions agreed that in those contexts, with singular nouns, an indefinitearticle is obligated. If this is true, they may err on the side of probability when in doubt, by choosing the most frequent indefinitearticle in the language. See all examples of indefinite article These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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