Determiners

A determiner is a noun modifier that expresses the reference of a noun or noun phrase, including quantity, rather than its attributes as expressed by adjectives. This word class, or part of speech, is defined in some languages, including English, though most English dictionaries still classify determiners under other parts of speech. Determiners usually include articles, and may include items like demonstratives, possessive determiners, quantifiers, and cardinal numbers, depending on the language.

English determiners

Determiners, in English, form a closed class of words that number (exclusive of cardinal numerals) about 50 and include:

Articles: a, an, the

Demonstratives: this, that, these, those, which, etc.

Quantifiers: all, few, many, several, some, every, each, any, no, etc.

Cardinal Numbers: one, two, fifty, etc. Possessive determiners (also known by several other names, including "possessive adjectives" and "possessive pronouns"): my, your, his, etc. Personal Determiners: we teachers, you guys

Universal Determiners: all, both

Distributive Determiners: each, every

Existential Determiners: some, any

Disjunctive Determiners: either, neither

Negative Determiners: no

Alternative-additive Determiners: another Positive Paucal Determiners: a few, a little, several.

Pre-determiners: a type of determiner that can come before a noun with no interceding preposition.

Examples: all, both, half.

Degree Determiners: many, much, few, little.

Sufficiency Determiners: enough, sufficient

Interrogative and Relative Determiners: which, what, whichever, whatever