Lecture 3-determiners I.pptVIP

Lecture 3 determiners (I) definition Words that precede any premodifying adjectives in a noun phrase and which denote such referential meanings as specific reference (特指), generic reference (类指), definite quantity (确定数量) or indefinite quantity (非确定数量) are referred to as determiners. determiners articles: definite article indefinite article zero article possessive determiners genitive nouns demonstrative determiners relative determiners interrogative determiners indefinite determiners cardinal and ordinal numerals fractional and multiplicative numerals quantifier examples (page 60) Collocations between determiners and nouns The choice of determiners is closely related to what might be called the three classes of nouns: singular count nouns, plural count nouns and noncount nouns. 表示复数概念的限定词 表示单数概念的限定词 其它限定词 能与三类名词搭配的限定词 the, some, any, no, other, whose, what, my(+), Johns(+) 能与单、复数名词搭配的限定词 the first(+), the last, the next, which, the other Practice Exercise 6A, page 63 Collocations between determiners 前位： 倍数/分数, what, such a(n), all, both 中位：数量：some, any, enough, no, zero, every(+),其它 后位：排序，数量，other, another, such Collocations between determiners When a noun phrase contains all three subclasses of determines, their normal order is: predeterminer + central determiner + postdeterminer Central and predeterminers are mutually exclusive, i.e. no two members of the central or predeterminers ever occur together in a noun phrase *my that book that book of mine ?every Davids every action shows that he is a very determined young man. postdeterminers 基数词与其他后位限定词的搭配位置往往取决于上下文或者说话人的语义意图 Two girls spoke one after another; there were three other girls at the meeting. (Totally, there are ... girls at the meeting.) Three girls speaking one after another were from the English department. There were other three girls at the meeting. (Totally, there are ... girls at the meeting.) 作为限定词，当一个基数词和一个序数词同时出现在名词中心词之前时，序数词一般位于基数词之前。 The first three chapters need to be rewritten. The second f