Abstract
Common nouns in English differ from proper names in that they typically occur with a preceding determiner:
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a.
John met the president of a mining company yesterday
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b.
*The John met the president of a mining company yesterday
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c.
*John met the president of mining company yesterday
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d.
*John met president of a mining company yesterday
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a.
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(2)
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a.
Bill’s brother worked on one aspect of this problem
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b.
*Brother worked on one aspect of this problem
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c.
*Bill’s brother worked on aspect of this problem
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d.
*Bill’s brother worked on one aspect of problem
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a.
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a.
Which man did every senator introduce to Dick Nixon?
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*Which man did senator introduce to Dick Nixon?
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c.
*Which man did every senator introduce to the Dick Nixon?
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a.
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Stowell, T. (1991). Determiners in NP and DP. In: Leffel, K., Bouchard, D. (eds) Views on Phrase Structure. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3196-4_3
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