Determiners and pronouns

Question 1

What is a determiner?

Answer 1

.Functional class associated with noun phrases
.precedes nouns in noun-headed noun phrases

Question 2

What is a pronoun?

Answer 2

.Functional class associated with the noun phrase
.Are used instead of nouns i.e replaces noun in noun phrase

Question 3

Types of determiners: a, an, the, + zero

Answer 3

Article

Question 4

Type of determiner: this, that, these, those

Answer 4

Demonstrative determiner

Question 5

Type of determiner: my, our, your, his, her, its, their

Answer 5

Possessive determiner

Question 6

Type of determiner: some, any, all, every, each, no, enough, either, another, many, few, a lot of, two

Answer 6

Quantifying determiner

Question 7

Type of determiner: Tom’s, Mary’s, the women’s

Answer 7

S-genitive

Question 8

Type of determiner: what, which, whose, whatever, whichever

Answer 8

Wh-determiner

Question 9

Type of determiner: whose

Answer 9

Relative determiner

Question 10

Determiner vs premodifiers of noun phrases:

Answer 10

Determiner: function word or equivalent- signals definiteness, proximity, quantity, ect

Premodifier: content word- drescriptive of the noun it modifies

Question 11

If two or more determiners occur together in a noun phrase, we can distinguish between them
according to their position with…?

Answer 11

Pre-determiner, central-determiner and post-determiner

Question 12

Types of pronouns: I/me, you, he/him, she/her, it, we/us, you, they/them

Answer 12

Personal pronouns

Question 13

Types of pronouns: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs

Answer 13

Posessive pronouns

Question 14

Types of pronouns: This, that, these, those

Answer 14

Demonstrative pronouns

Question 15

Types of pronouns: one, some, any, others, none, somebody, someone, anybody, anything, nothing

Answer 15

Indefinite pronoun

Question 16

Types of pronouns: what, who, whom, which

Answer 16

Interrogative

Question 17

Types of pronouns: who, whom, which, that

Answer 17

Relative pronoun

Question 18

Types of pronouns: each other, one another

Answer 18

Reciprocal pronoun

Question 19

Types of pronouns: myself, yourself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Answer 19

reflexive pronoun

Question 20

What is the difference between I vs me, she vs her ,he vs him, they vs them?

Answer 20

Subject vs object

Question 21

What is the difference between I, we vs you vs he, she, it, they?

Answer 21

First- vs second- vs third person

Question 22

Types of definite noun phrases

Answer 22

• 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

Question 23

Types of indefinite noun phrases

Answer 23

• 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

Question 24

Generic reference

Answer 24

Refers to a whole class or kind