articledependency
Articledependency refers to a linguistic phenomenon where the presence or absence of a definite article (like "the" in English) or an indefinite article (like "a" or "an" in English) is determined by the grammatical or semantic context of a noun. This concept is particularly relevant in languages that possess article systems, as well as in the study of how speakers of languages without articles acquire them when learning a new language.
In English, for example, the choice between "a book" and "the book" depends on whether the book
The study of articledependency can involve analyzing patterns of article use in native speech, identifying common