@article{oai:bunkyo.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001845,
 author = {生田, 祐子 and ロス, 典子},
 journal = {言語と文化, Language and Culture},
 month = {1997-03-01, 2012-10-16},
 note = {A review of the literature on the usage of the definite article 'the,' indicates that its functions have been analyzed and organized taxonomically. As a result, the article system is traditionally taught starting with the situational classification of whether the focus is on new or old information (Brown, 1973, Celce- Murcia & Larsen-Freeman, 1983). A learner may understand and internalized the explanations in this literature; however, very few learners succeed in mastering the article system (Pica, 1983). Pica's (1983) research also points out that 'the' has many exceptional usages, which do not follow the rules. In addition, there are a number of idiomatic usages, which seem impossible to classify into a set of rules. Lewis (1986) characterizes this situation as the "catalogue and exceptions approach" and suggests, "instead of emphasizing a catalogue of different uses, from time to time teachers will need to look for similarity in things which are apparently different" (p.13). We, therefore, proposed the question, "What is the 'primary semantic characteristic' (Lewis, 1986, p.83) which can explain all the various usages of the definite article?" We then hypothesized that there is a set of criteria associated with 'the' which allows us to select it from among the determiners. Using the concept of 'pinspotting,' we have analyzed a variety of examples of the usage of 'the,' and concluded that the basic criterion involved in the usage of 'the,' is the image of 'pinspotting.' At the same time, based on the objective facts, we posit that a speaker chooses an article for the noun that follows it from his/her own viewpoint. The speaker's viewpoint plays an important role in selecting which article to use.},
 pages = {1--28},
 title = {The'の知覚イメージ},
 volume = {9},
 year = {}
}