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Lecture 7 Determiners (II)—Articles Generic and specific reference Generic Reference Specific Reference Article Definite Specific Reference Indefinite Specific Reference Anaphoric SR Cataphoric SR Situational S When we say the reference is generic, we are talking about any member representative of a class of people or things. All the three forms of article ( the definite article the, the indefinite article a(n), and the zero article) can be used generically to refer to the members of a class as a whole. Generic Reference the + a singular count noun : Galileo claimed that he had invented the telescope. The horse has been replaced by the railroad, the windship and the steamship. the + adjectives or adjectival participles: The sick have been cured, the lost have been found, and the dead have been revived. The rich get richer, and the poor get children. The true, the good a