determiners
Noun phrase introducers
Determiners are words that introduce nouns and specify which thing is meant.
They include articles (*a*, *an*, *the*), demonstratives (*this*, *that*, *these*, *those*), possessives (*my*, *your*, *his*), and quantifiers (*some*, *many*, *each*).
In the old house, *the* is the determiner; in my keys, *my* is.
Determiners answer questions like "which one?" or "how many?" and typically come before any adjectives: those three heavy boxes.
Language's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- noun phraseMulti-word noun construction
- modifierWord altering another
- specifierWord that narrows meaning
definiteness · indefiniteness · agreement · number · case · distribution · anaphora
Demonstrative for nearness
- thatThe other one
- thesePlural demonstrative pronoun
- thoseDistant plural indicator
- proximalSituated nearest the origin
distal · pointing · indicating · near · far · anaphoric · referential · contextual
First-person possessive
The complete quantity
Every one individually
any · all · per · apiece · individually · respectively · one by one · apportioning
Not just any
- aIndefinite singular article
- anVowel-preceding indefinite article
- definiteClearly established, not vague
- indefiniteNot precisely determined
specific · nonspecific · generic · particular · unique · singular · plural · countable
grammar
Language's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- noun phraseMulti-word noun construction
- modifierWord altering another
specifier · definiteness · indefiniteness · agreement · number · case · distribution · anaphora
this
Demonstrative for nearness
proximal · distal · pointing · indicating · near · far · anaphoric · referential · contextual
my
First-person possessive
its · our · their · whose · mine · yours · hers · ours · theirs · belonging
all
The complete quantity
every · each · many · few · much · little · several · enough · more · most
each
Every one individually
both · any · all · per · apiece · individually · respectively · one by one · apportioning
the
Not just any
- aIndefinite singular article
- anVowel-preceding indefinite article
- definiteClearly established, not vague
indefinite · specific · nonspecific · generic · particular · unique · singular · plural · countable · uncountable
which
Interrogative for selection
- whatRequesting clarification or repetition
- whosePossessive interrogative pronoun
- whicheverAny one at all
whatever · question words · inquiry · choice · selection · querying
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Words that describe nouns
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Words naming entities
verbs · adjectives · adverbs
- bound and determined
- stay determinedRemain firmly committed