Semantic feature of noun phrases that distinguishes between referents that are uniquely specified and those that are not
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In linguistics, specificity is a semantic feature of noun phrases (NPs) that distinguishes between entities/nouns/referents that are unique in a given context and those that are not. Several distinct known factors determine an entity/noun/referent's relative specificity, including:Singular terms Habituality Actual/Nonactual moods Factivity Negation