Heyo pwips, let’s talk determiners!

Central Determiners

• May be articles, demonstratives, or possessive pronouns
  • Articles: a, an, the
  • Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
  • Possessive pronouns: his, her, their, our, your, its
• Forms: Art, Dem, Pron
• Function: Det

Pre-Determiners

• Come before Central Determiner
• May be quantifiers or a link
  • Quantifiers:
    • Quantifiers: all, none, few, many, some, both
    • Multipliers: twice, double, three times
    • Fractions: half, one third
  • Links:
    • The word “of” in the determiner phrase has the function of a link
    • “Of” forms a Preposition by itself and does not have a PrepComp
• Forms: Quantifier, Preposition
• Functions: PreDet, Link

Post-Determiners

• Come after Central Determiner
• May be cardinal numbers, ordinal numbers,  or two quantifiers
  • Cardinal numbers: one, two, three
  • Ordinal numbers: first, second, third
  • Quantifiers: few, many
• Forms: Numeral, Quantifier
• Functions: PostDet