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articlelessness

articlelessness noun: absence of a grammatical article.

Noun

articlelessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of a grammatical article.
    • "Saturday" extends articlelessness into the sensations of a young working-class woman and the territory of his great second novel, Living.1992, Daniel Halpern, editor, Antaeus
    • This method, however, does not do justice to the articlelessness of the Norwegian adjuncts, the fact that in this language, as also to a large extent in German and to some extent in English (cf. the locution with bowed head), the A + N constituents appear to be NPs or bare DPs.2012, Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen, Big Events, Small Clauses: The Grammar of Elaboration, page 75

Origin of articlelessness

From articleless + -ness.

Questions about articlelessness

What does articlelessness mean?
Articlelessness means absence of a grammatical article.
What part of speech is articlelessness?
Articlelessness is a noun.

Words near articlelessness in the dictionary

  1. article of virtu
  2. articled
  3. articled clerk
  4. articled clerks
  5. articleless
  6. articlelessness
  7. articles
  8. articles of association
  9. articles of extraordinary value
  10. articles of faith
  11. articles of incorporation

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