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Determiners
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- 1What kinds of determiners are there?Predeterminers
Central determiners
Postdeterminers - 2Predeterminerso Determinatives: all, both, what (exclamative)
o Numerical expressions: double, ten times, twice, etc.
o Fractions: half, one-quarter, etc. - 3Central Determiners-Articles
-Demonstrative determinatives
-Possessive Pronouns
-Genitive phrases
-Quantifying NPs
-Quantifying Determinatives
-Interrogative/relative determinatives - 4Articlesthe, a/an
- 5Demonstrative determinativesthis, these, that, those
- 6Possessive pronounsher, our, etc.
- 7Genitive phrasesthe captain’s, my family’s, etc.
- 8Quantifying determinativessome, any, no, either, neither, another, each, ...
- 9Quantifying NPsa few, a little
- 10Interrogative/relative determinatives:which, what
- 11Postdeterminers:o Cardinal numerals: five, sixteen, etc.
o Quantifiers: every, little, few, many, several, (a) dozen - 12Note?!→ Items from a single subclass cannot normally combine e.g. *a his car
- 13→ Definiteness/Specificness:→ Most commonly expressed by definite article the and indefinite artice a/an
→ ‘The’ is used in NPs which ‘define’ a referent e.g. the man
→ ‘A/an’ indicates that following description is not ‘defining’ in this sense
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- Grammar in Use Flashcards on Determiners, created by Lisza Neumeier on 18/01/2017.
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