articlelessness

A1R1T1I1C3L1E1L1E1S1S1N1E1S1S1

noun

Absence of a grammatical article.

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Meanings

nounarticlelessness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAbsence of a grammatical article.

    "Saturday" extends articlelessness into the sensations of a young working-class woman and the territory of his great second novel, Living.

    1992, Daniel Halpern, editor, Antaeus
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    This method, however, does not do justice to the articlelessness of the Norwegian adjuncts, the fact that in this language, as also to a large extent in German and to some extent in English (cf. the locution with bowed head), the A + N constituents appear to be NPs or bare DPs.

    2012, Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen, Big Events, Small Clauses: The Grammar of Elaboration, page 75

Origin

From articleless + -ness.

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Translations

Finnish artikkelittomuus
  • artikkelittomuusTranslations
German Artikellosigkeit
  • ArtikellosigkeitTranslations
Polish cecha tego, co jest bezrodzajnikowe
  • cecha tego, co jest bezrodzajnikoweTranslations
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APA

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Chicago

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