Arthrousness
postings on Language Log and this blog about English constructions with the definite article (arthrous) or without it (anarthrous)
☛ AZ, 3/12/04, SemFest handout on “Isolated NPs”:
Click to access isolated.hnd.pdf
related to anarthrousness, but mostly distinct from it
☛ GP, 11/7/04: Renowned author Dan Brown staggered through his formulaic opening sentence:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001628.html
anarthrous occupation + personal name
☛ GP, 3/12/06: Pretty girl visiting your town:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002920.html
anarthrousness in non-native English
☛ Lynne Murphy on University of X versus X University:
http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2006/07/university-names.html
☛ GP, 8/7/06: Dan Brown news update:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003426.html
see #1628
☛ AZ, 9/2/06: What’s the name of your university?:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003533.html
university names; prepositional names are generally arthrous, though that isn’t explicitly discussed here
☛ AZ, 9/3/06: University name bulletins:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003537.html
university names
☛ AZ, 9/5/06: The the in The Ohio State University:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003548.html
☛ AZ, 9/5/06: Manchester mouse born from mountain:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003549.html
university names
☛ GP, 2/15/07: In (the) future:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004201.html
☛ Lynne Murphy on ‘the’ in front of ‘hospital’ and some medical conditions:
http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2007/04/menopause.html
☛ GP, 8/28/07: Syntax under pressure:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004861.html
arthrousness in country names
☛ GP, 9/16/07: Language Log is strong:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004915.html
proper names
☛ AZ, 9/17/07: (an)arthrous abbreviations:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004923.html
☛ ML, 9/23/07: Bagatelling around:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004948.html
anarthrous mere bagatelle
☛ AZ, 9/30/07: Language Log only pretty strong:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004978.html
☛ AZ, 11/8/07: The Google:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005096.html
☛ GP, 12/13/07: Antarctic WTF:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005212.html
anarthrous ship in Abandon ship!
☛ 3/1/09: Singular humanities (round 2):
arthrous the humanities, resembles arthrous proper names like the Fugs
☛ 5/12/09: Swine!:
alternation in types of influenza: (the) swine flu
☛ ML, 1/22/10: Ask Language Log: “On point”:
☛ ML, 3/10/10: Around the water cooler:
anarthrous variants internet
☛ 3/14/11: Arthrousness:
inventory of postings
☛ 3/14/11: Anarthrous U.S.:
☛ 9/20/12: mooch(er)- words:
arthrous common-noun construction (the windy city) turned into a proper name (the Windy City); anarthrous proper nouns like Fat City
☛ 1/26/14: Band names in the:
Neal Whitman on arthrous vs. arthrous band names
☛ 8/6/14: The definite article of fame:
anarthrous and arthrous identifications, both conveying uniqueness
☛ 12/19/14: The Zip-man:
arthrous jocular monikers
☛ 1/31/15: Type names and individual names:
cars: arthrous type names and anarthrous individual names
☛ 7/15/15: Dead Tongues:
Stanford Linguistics rock band: anarthrous Dead Tongues
☛ 10/4/15: (the) Batman:
☛ 10/15/15: Morning name: Carla Ventresca:
http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/10/15/morning-name-carla-ventresca/ anarthrous kinterm as modifier: husband Henry
☛ 11/25/18: What do you have?:
arthrousness in disease names
☛ 1/23/19: The penguin who would be king:
anarthrous role or position, as in “The Man Who Would Be King”
☛ 7/9/19: My industry:
anarthrous industry, arthrous the steel industry