4.3.1 Determiners (Det.)
4.3.1 Determiners (Det.)
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After learning this unit, students should be able to
understand the importance of determiners
recognize determiners in written and spoken texts
identify the type of determiners
use determiners accurately in writing and speaking for effective communication
TOPICS:
Function of determiners
Definition of determiners
Types of determiners
The rhetoric of determiners
Practice
1. What is a determiner?
A determiners is a pre-modifier of a noun that indicate its
number (cardinal and ordinal numbers, quantifiers),
definiteness (articles, indefinites),
proximity (demonstratives), and
ownership (possessives).
[pre-modifiers + head noun + post-modifiers] = NP
Pre-modifiers make the nouns that they modify specific and precise.
(textbook p.101 Figure 5.3)
(textbook p.101 Figure 5.3)
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