definiteness

• “I think the key to definiteness is that the noun is specific to both the reader AND the writer.”

  A is for Articles (2) « An A-Z of ELT

• “But as he watched it grow in definiteness he saw that it was a coral reef smoking in the white Pacific surges.”

  Chapter 40

• “Finally, about definiteness marking on direct objects Payne tends to call definiteness 'identifiability': Describing morphosyntax, p.”

  Nipping the PIE ergative *-s theory right in the bud

• “Finally, about definiteness marking on direct objects Payne tends to call definiteness "identifiability":”

  Nipping the PIE ergative *-s theory right in the bud

• “At the beginning he admired Sophia's "definiteness" and routines and were an influence on his own journey.”

  Reader reviews of A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler.

• “But the kind of definiteness and consistency introduced depends upon who introduces them.”

  Public Opinion

• “[123] In a free application of Spencer's formula of evolution to modern industry I have not included the quality of "definiteness," which close reflection shows to possess no property which is not included under heterogeneity and cohesiveness.”

  The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production

• “The lack of definiteness which is at present so general in color nomenclature, is due in large measure to the failure to appreciate the fundamental characteristics on which color differences depend.”

  A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma

• “We speak of these changes with a peremptory kind of definiteness, as if they had covered no more than the space of a few years.”

  On Compromise

• “Of course names increase as human history proceeds, so "definiteness" in things must necessarily more and more evolve.”

  Memories and Studies

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