Determiner, also called determinative (abbreviated DET), is a term used in some models of grammatical description to describe a word or affix belonging...
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English determiners (also known as determinatives): 354 are words – such as the, a, each, some, which, this, and numerals such as six – that are most...
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Possessive determiners are determiners which express possession. Some traditional grammars of English refer to them as possessive adjectives, though they...
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linguistics, a determiner is a class of words that includes articles and other words that function in the place of articles. Determiner may also refer...
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In linguistics, a determiner phrase (DP) is a type of phrase headed by a determiner such as many. Controversially, many approaches take a phrase like...
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Noun phrase (redirect from Noun phrases with and without determiners)
constituents. In some theories of grammar, noun phrases with determiners are analyzed as having the determiner as the head of the phrase, see for instance Chomsky...
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In linguistics, determiner spreading (DS), also known as Multiple or Double Determiners is the appearance of more than one determiner associated with...
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The Spanish language uses determiners in a similar way to English. The main differences are that Spanish determiners inflect for gender (masculine/feminine...
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English articles (category Determiners by language)
articles a and an. They are the two most common determiners. The definite article is the default determiner when the speaker believes that the listener knows...
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This is a list of English determiners. All cardinal numerals are also included.: 385 a / an the that / those this / these we / us you them (In some dialects...
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In French, articles and determiners are required on almost every common noun, much more so than in English. They are inflected to agree in gender (masculine...
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analyzed as determiners in phrases like we Brits and you tennis players.) Other linguists have taken a similar view, uniting pronouns and determiners into a...
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Determinative (redirect from Determiner (cuneiform))
A determinative, also known as a taxogram or semagram, is an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts which helps to disambiguate...
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Interrogative word (section Interrogative determiner)
interrogative pronoun, not an interrogative determiner, because there is no noun or noun phrase present to serve as a determiner for. Consequently, in the question...
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English grammar (section Determiners)
classes" or "parts of speech" are commonly distinguished in English: nouns, determiners, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions...
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(possessive) form ourselves: the reflexive form There is also a distinct determiner we as in we humans aren't perfect, which some people consider to be just...
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your sisters, his boss. Here the possessive form serves as a possessive determiner. Without an accompanying noun, as in mine is red, I prefer yours, this...
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or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation...
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Adjective (section Determiners)
including the, this, my, etc., typically are classed separately, as determiners. Here are some examples: That's a funny idea. (attributive) That idea...
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English language (section Determiners)
them such as determiners, quantifiers, conjunctions or adjectives. Noun phrases can be short, such as the man, composed only of a determiner and a noun...
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Articles are part of a broader category called determiners, which also include demonstratives, possessive determiners, and quantifiers. In linguistic interlinear...
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dictionary. No or NO may refer to: Yes and no, responses No, an English determiner in noun phrases No (kana) (の, ノ), a letter/syllable in Japanese script...
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complement: The only person there was you. Dependent determiner: I met your friend. Independent determiner: This is yours. Adjunct: You did it yourself. Modifier:...
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up each in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Each may refer to: each, a determiner and indefinite pronoun in the English language EACH, Educational Action...
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are Quantifiers. Quantifiers are a kind of determiner and occur in many constructions with other determiners, like articles: e.g., two dozen or more than...
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Catalan language (section Determiners)
Catalan (autonym: català, for pronunciation see below) is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra, and an official language...
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The determiner 'мы' refer to a referent that is close to both the speaker and the listener(s). It is exactly like the English language determiner this...
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Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts Anglo-Norman Grammar Adverbs Articles and determiners Pronouns (personal) Verbs (conjugation morphology passé composé passé...
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become themselves." Dependent determiner: "I touched their car"; "them folks are helpful" (non-standard). Independent determiner: "This is theirs." Adjunct:...
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usually take the form: [DP Det. + of + [DP Det. + NP]] where the first determiner is a quantifier word, using a prepositional element to link it to the...
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