Shan determiner inventory

Shan (Southwestern Tai, Kra-Dai) has no overt definite or indefinite articles, and its demonstratives nâj/nân are optional in anaphoric contexts, so bare nouns express both unique and anaphoric definiteness.

References

• [Mor21]

def Shan.Determiners.naj : DemonstrativeDeterminer

nâj 'this', the proximal demonstrative, which obligatorily expones no definite use.

Equations

• Shan.Determiners.naj = { form := "nâj", deictic := Features.Deixis.Feature.proximal }

def Shan.Determiners.nan : DemonstrativeDeterminer

nân 'that', the distal demonstrative, which obligatorily expones no definite use.

Equations

• Shan.Determiners.nan = { form := "nân", deictic := Features.Deixis.Feature.distal }

def Shan.Determiners.inventory : Determiner.Inventory

The Shan determiners are the optional demonstratives nâj/nân.

Equations

• Shan.Determiners.inventory = [Determiner.Entry.demonstrative Shan.Determiners.naj, Determiner.Entry.demonstrative Shan.Determiners.nan]

theorem Shan.Determiners.marking : inventory.markingStrategy = Semantics.Definiteness.DefMarkingStrategy.unmarked

Shan derives the .unmarked Moroney cell.

theorem Shan.Determiners.naj_nan_encode_distance : (Demonstrative.deixis naj).EncodesDistance ∧ (Demonstrative.deixis nan).EncodesDistance

Both Shan demonstratives encode a distance contrast.