A Study on the Function of Articles for the Names of Diseases and Symptoms

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  • 病名や症状名と冠詞に関する一考察

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<p>English language learners often have difficulty in using articles with countable or uncountable nouns appropriately. For example, we can say both ‘catch a cold’ and ‘catch cold’, or we can also say both ‘influenza’ and ‘the flu’, while we cannot say ‘*appendicitises’. This paper examines how indefinite articles, definite articles or zero articles function in the names of diseases and symptoms. We will employ the theory of cognitive grammar suggested by Langacker, especially the concepts of countable nouns and mass nouns, to explore the relationships between articles and medical terms.<br> </p>

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  • CRID
    1390862478333151744
  • DOI
    10.57300/cac.44.1_67
  • ISSN
    21856915
    24369993
    13460439
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
  • Abstract License Flag
    Allowed

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