Re: CHAT: Definite/Indefinite Article Distinction

Quoting daniel andreasson <danielandreasson@...>:

> She says that 8% is correct (including both definite and
> indefinite articles, but that's not much of a difference
> since most languages -- it seems -- which has a definite
> article has an indefinite but not the other way around).
This is, IIRC, precisely the opposite of what I heard from
*my* professor, Jerald Sadock:  most languages with indefinite
articles have definites, but not the other way around.  He
could of course be entirely wrong, so I'd be interested to
see what you find.

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