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* Determiners are functional words at the left of a noun phrase, i.e. they occur in environments such as <span style="color: blue>__ student(s) called.</span> or <span style="color: blue>Pat wondered about __ student(s).</span> | * Determiners are functional words at the left of a noun phrase, i.e. they occur in environments such as <span style="color: blue>__ student(s) called.</span> or <span style="color: blue>Pat wondered about __ student(s).</span> | ||
Subclasses: | Subclasses: | ||
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*Numerals: two | *Numerals: two | ||
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Kaplan, Jeffrey P. (1989): English Grammar - Principles and Facts (2nd edition). New Jersey. | Kaplan, Jeffrey P. (1989): English Grammar - Principles and Facts (2nd edition). New Jersey. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:27, 10 October 2018
General characteristics:
- Determiners are functional words at the left of a noun phrase, i.e. they occur in environments such as __ student(s) called. or Pat wondered about __ student(s).
Subclasses:
- Articles: a(n), the
- Demonstratives: this/these, that/those
- Quantifiers:
- simple quantifiers: all, much, some, few, little
- complex quantifiers: a couple, a few, a great deal of, lots of, not any, hardly any
- Numerals: two
Reference: Kaplan, Jeffrey P. (1989): English Grammar - Principles and Facts (2nd edition). New Jersey.