Lesson-3-冠词、代词和数词.ppt

Chapters 6-7 Determiners Determiners refer to words which are used in the premodification of a noun phrase and which typically precede any adjectives that premodify the head word of the noun phrase. Determiner: 名词词组中对名词中心词起 Specific reference Generic reference Definite quantity Indefinite quantity Determiners in English: Articles (definite, indefinite, zero) Possessive determiner Genitive noun Demonstrative determiner Relative determiner Interrogative determiner Indefinite determiner Cardinal numeral and ordinal numeral Multiplicative numeral and fractional numeral Quantifier Which is acceptable? a nice man nice a man a good man these good man Differences between determiners and adjectives a nice man (Determiner + Adjective + Head) * nice a man (not acceptable) a/the good man, (a/the premodifies a noun in singular form) *these good man few/many good people, (few/many premodifies a noun in plural form) little/much good coal (little/much premodifies a noun in singular form) *little good people (not acceptable) Compare: a little girl – little here is an adjective, not a determiner. little good coal, a little girl my old books, three English books, the little bird people old and young, *people many or few bigger, cleverer (inflectional change) more intelligent, more beautiful (periphrastic/analytic change) One way of identifying a determiner the red cap → The cap is red. the very cap → *The cap is very. (not acceptable) Which determiners do we use, and in what order? three, his, the, other, all, more, students 限定词与三类名词的搭配关系 前位、中位、后位限定词 predeterminer: central determiner postdeterminer What kind of determiners are and are not mutually exclusive? Predeterminers, central determiners and postdeterminers are not mutually exclusive. all the other students (predeterminer + central determiner + postdeterminer) all the three other students (predeterminer + central determiner + postdeterminer + postdeterminer) all the