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Determiners - Coggle Diagram
Determiners
Classification
Pre-determiners
These are able to occur before articles, demonstratives and possessives.
Types
Multipliers
express more than the specified amount
Eg: twice, five times
Fractions
express a fraction of an amount
Eg: half, one-third
Intensifiers
Express surprise, disappointment
Eg: rather, such, quite, what
Others
Eg: all and both
These are used to express an entire amount
Central determiners
Abstract and concrete qualities
Types
Articles
Definite
Refers to something specific.
Eg:
the
keys
Indefinite
Refers to something general
Eg:
a
key,
an
apple
Zero article
Demonstratives
Specify the number of the referent and if the referent is near or distant.
This, these, that, those
Possessives
Specify who an object belongs to
Eg: my, your, her, his, their, our, yours, hers, etc
Post-determiners
Types
Numerals
Ordinal
Eg: first, second, third, etc.
Cardinal
Eg: one, two, three, last, next, etc.
State the number or amount of something.
Quantifiers
Closed-class
Eg: many, (a)few, several, much and (a) little
Open-class
Eg: plenty of, lot of, a great number of, etc.
State the number or amount of something.
Positioned after central determiners.
Definition
Words that introduce the noun
Its position is always before a noun and before adjectives used to describe the noun.