Difference between revisions of "Determiner (definition)"

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In English, words like 'the' and 'a' are typical determiners. They are often used to describe some specific or non-specific instance of an item described by a noun. If a speaker utters the phrase "the man left" he or she typically has some particular man in mind and expects the hearer to know which man he or she is referring too. Articles is another typical name for determiner. quantifier, numerals, and deictic determiners are often classed as special kinds of determiners.

Gaelic Determiners

Articles

• An (article) /Am (article)
• a' (article)

Deictics

• an X seo 'this X'
• an X sin 'that X'
• an X siud/'ud 'yonder X'

Quantifiers

• gach 'each'
• a h-uile 'every'
• a' chuid nas motha dhe 'most of'
• nas lugha 'less'/'fewer'
• nas bige 'less'/'fewer'

Numerals

(when used without a determiner) *see main article at Numerals

Possessive Pronouns

*see main article at Possessive Pronouns

• mo
• do^L
• a^L
• a
• ar^N
• ur^N
• an/am^N

See Also

External Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determiner_(linguistics)(Warning: Content on this site it subject to change and maybe inaccurate.)
• http://www.towson.edu/ows/determiners.htm

References