Article WP
Article WP
Article WP
identifiability of the referents of the noun phrases. The category of articles constitutes a part of
speech.
In English, both "the" and "a/an" are articles, which combine with nouns to form noun phrases.
Articles typically specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun phrase, but in many languages,
they carry additional grammatical information such as gender, number, and case. Articles are part of
a broader category called determiners, which also include demonstratives, possessive determiners,
and quantifiers. In linguistic interlinear glossing, articles are abbreviated as art.
Types of articles
Crosslinguistic variation
Historical development
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