Universal 375:
- Original
- In all languages, an expression which refers to the topic of a sentence is typically definite or generic.
- Standardized
- IF an expression is the topic of a sentence, THEN it is typically definite or generic.
- Keywords
- topic, definiteness, generic
- Domain
- syntax, pragmatics
- Type
- implication
- Status
- achronic
- Quality
- statistical
- Basis
- a sample of 30 languages, see Gundel 1988: 210
- Source
- Gundel 1988: 231
- Counterexamples
