Determiners and pronouns Flashcards
What is a determiner?
.Functional class associated with noun phrases
.precedes nouns in noun-headed noun phrases
What is a pronoun?
.Functional class associated with the noun phrase
.Are used instead of nouns i.e replaces noun in noun phrase
Types of determiners: a, an, the, + zero
Article
Type of determiner: this, that, these, those
Demonstrative determiner
Type of determiner: my, our, your, his, her, its, their
Possessive determiner
Type of determiner: some, any, all, every, each, no, enough, either, another, many, few, a lot of, two
Quantifying determiner
Type of determiner: Tom’s, Mary’s, the women’s
S-genitive
Type of determiner: what, which, whose, whatever, whichever
Wh-determiner
Type of determiner: whose
Relative determiner
Determiner vs premodifiers of noun phrases:
Determiner: function word or equivalent- signals definiteness, proximity, quantity, ect
Premodifier: content word- drescriptive of the noun it modifies
If two or more determiners occur together in a noun phrase, we can distinguish between them
according to their position with…?
Pre-determiner, central-determiner and post-determiner
Types of pronouns: I/me, you, he/him, she/her, it, we/us, you, they/them
Personal pronouns
Types of pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs
Posessive pronouns
Types of pronouns: This, that, these, those
Demonstrative pronouns
Types of pronouns: one, some, any, others, none, somebody, someone, anybody, anything, nothing
Indefinite pronoun
Types of pronouns: what, who, whom, which
Interrogative
Types of pronouns: who, whom, which, that
Relative pronoun
Types of pronouns: each other, one another
Reciprocal pronoun
Types of pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
reflexive pronoun
What is the difference between I vs me, she vs her ,he vs him, they vs them?
Subject vs object
What is the difference between I, we vs you vs he, she, it, they?
First- vs second- vs third person
Types of definite noun phrases
- Noun phrases with the definite article: the door, the old beech tree I planted
- Demonstrative pronouns or noun phrases with demonstrative determiners: this, those,
that man, these lovely flowers - Noun phrases with possessive determiners: my father, his valiant attempt
- Personal pronouns: he, she, we, they…
- Proper nouns: Norway, Samantha, London
- Noun phrases with the quantifiers all, both, every and each: every aspect, all animals
Types of indefinite noun phrases
- Noun phrases with the indefinite article: a book, an interesting idea (singulars)
- Noun phrases without a determiner (zero article): books, water, happiness (plurals and
uncountables) - Noun phrases with quantifying determiners (except all, both, each and every) – unless
combined with a definite determiner: two books, some water, any happiness - Indefinite pronouns: somebody, anything, many
Generic reference
Refers to a whole class or kind
