determiner

Part of speech reflecting the reference of a noun

Also known as determinative · adnominal adjective · attributive · pre-noun · unconjugated adjective · DET

Instance of: part of speech
Subclass of: function word

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In natural language, a determiner, also called a determinative, is a word or affix that is used with or precedes a noun to express its reference. Examples in English include articles, demonstratives, possessive determiners, and quantifiers. Not all languages have determiners, and not all systems of grammatical description recognize them as a distinct category.

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Said to be the same as: non-predicative adjective
Partially coincident with: numeral
Used by: Universal Dependencies object named as: DET
Short name: DET
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1.“Dept. of Linguistics | Resources | Glossing Rules”eva.mpg.de/lingua/resources/glossing-rules.phpRetrieved 2023-01-06
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