Determiners

Pregunta	Respuesta
What kinds of determiners are there?	Predeterminers Central determiners Postdeterminers
Predeterminers	o Determinatives: all, both, what (exclamative) o Numerical expressions: double, ten times, twice, etc. o Fractions: half, one-quarter, etc.
Central Determiners	-Articles -Demonstrative determinatives -Possessive Pronouns -Genitive phrases -Quantifying NPs -Quantifying Determinatives -Interrogative/relative determinatives
Articles	the, a/an
Demonstrative determinatives	this, these, that, those
Possessive pronouns	her, our, etc.
Genitive phrases	the captain’s, my family’s, etc.
Quantifying determinatives	some, any, no, either, neither, another, each, ...
Quantifying NPs	a few, a little
Interrogative/relative determinatives:	which, what
Postdeterminers:	o Cardinal numerals: five, sixteen, etc. o Quantifiers: every, little, few, many, several, (a) dozen
Note?!	→ Items from a single subclass cannot normally combine e.g. *a his car
→ 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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