1. Supervised by:
Profs: Jennifer Evans
and Youssef Tamer
Determiners
Prepared by:
Sophia Akdim
2. Change will not come if we wait for person
or some other time. We are ones we've
been waiting for. We are change we seek.
Barack Obama
3. Change will not come if we wait for some
other person or some other time. We are
the ones we've been waiting for. We are
the change that we seek.
Barack Obama
4. The difference between an
adjective and a determiner
Adjectives Determiners
• An adjective qualifies a • Limits the meaning of a
noun. noun.
• The form of an adjective • Determiners do not
can change change.
• An adjective placed • A determiner can come
before the noun or as a only before a noun.
complement of a noun. • A determiner precedes
• An adjective comes after other adjectives that
a determiners accompany it. to one
another.
5. Outline
1/ the meaning of determiners
2/determiners and their appearance
3/Types of determiners:
• Numbers
• Fractions
• Multipliers
• Demonstrative determiners
4/Quantifiers,Partitives and other ways of expressing
quantity
5/Problems that ESL/EFL students have with determiners
6. The meaning of determiners
• Words that precede any pre-modifying
adjectives in a noun phrase and which
denote such referential meanings as
specific reference.
8. • Articles: serve to indicate the specificity of
reference of the noun phrase with which it
occurs.
• Indefinite: a/an
• Definite: The
Ex:He met a man.
The man he met was his neighbor.
9. • Demonstrative determiners:
This/that ,These/Those
Ex:I want that perfume, not this one.
These books are more interesting than .
those books over there.
• Possessive determiners:
My,your,his,her
Ex:That is my sweater.
10. It’s her puppy.
• Nouns as possessive determiners:
Abraham’s ,Kate’s
EX:Kate’s laptop is more sofisticated than
Jessica’s laptop.
• Quantifiers:
All,any,few,many
11. Ex:there are many beautiful articles in that
store.
She has all the books I need.
• Partitives:
Glass of, loaf of, bit of
Ex:He ate a loaf of bread.
12. • Cardinal numbers:
One,two,100
Ex:She owns one umbrella.
• Ordinal numbers:
First, second, last
Ex:That is the second time he has done that.
13. • Multipliers:
double ,twice,three times
EX:She brought double the amount we need
• Fractions:
Three-fourths,two fifths
Ex:Three-fourth of the population of
Morocco consists of young people.
14. • Determiners belong in three groups that
describe their order of appearance before
head nouns
16. • PS: Different types of quantifiers occupy
different positions, for example:
• All is a preterminer
• Every central determiner
• Many is a postdeterminer
_The other determiner types ,each occupy
just one category.
17. Example:
A. Both girls are smart : Quantifier+Noun
B.The girls are smart:Article+Noun
C.The both girls are smart:
Article+Quantifier+Noun
Ungrammatical
18. Overview
articles
Possessive
Fractions determiners
Maltipliers Quantifiers
Ordinal Nouns as
possessive
numbers determiners
Cardinal Demonstrati
ve
numbers determiners
Partitives
19. Exercise
• Identify each determiner in the bracketed NPs using the correct
term(Article,cardinal number,ordinal
number,multiplier,fraction,demonstrative determiner,possessive
determiner,noun as possessive determiner,quantifier,partitive).
If any NP has an incorret order, explain how the order is wrong ,and then
correct it
Example: they didn’t have fresh orange jus in the cafe, so he asked for a fifth
of a quart of coffee
Answer: a: article , fifth:fraction ,quart of :partitive
20. 1/ (The first two runners )crossed the finish line two hours after the start of the race.
2/ (His both sisters) are in the army.
3/(One third of her last salary check) went to paying off her debt.
4/I have to attend( that party).It’s a party for( my brother’s twentieth anniversary ).
5/ A:How many (bags of ice) did Maria oder for the party?
B:Twice the number that we ordered for( your party) .
6/While at the supermarket, he bought( a bunch of grapes) and a (loaf of bread).
21. • Answers:
1/ The: article, first:ordinal number, two:cardinal number
2/His:Possessive determiner, Both:Quantifiers (The order of these two
elements is incorrect.Quantifiers precede possessive determiners.)
Correction:Both of his sisters
3/One-third: fraction, her:Possessive determiner, last:ordinal number
4/That: demonstrative determiner, my: possessive determiner,
brother’s:noun as possessive determiner, twentieth:ordinal number
5/bags of :partitive, twice: multiplier, your: possessive determiner.
6/a bunch: partitive, a loaf: partitive
23. • Numbers, Fractions, and Multipliers
The cardinal number one is used before singular count
nouns, and the other cardinal numbers are (two, three,
four…) are used with plural count nouns.
a.I will give you one dollar for each.
b.Amelie’s four granddaughters are well mannared.
24. • Fractions can occur with singular and
plural count nouns:
a.Half the team is injured .
b.Two-Thirds of the players were too late
for practice.
c.I have finished about one-third of my
presentation.
25. • PS: Fractions are usually followed by an
article: a, possessive determiner or « of ».
a:I’m willing to pay half the amount.
b:I’m willing to pay half amount:
incorrect.
26. • Multipliers, such as double, triple and four
times, occur with singular and plural count
, as well as with noncount. Nouns:
a: He’s twice the man you are .
b:For some reason,she’s earning three
times our salaries.
c:The price you are paying is five times the
cost of production.
27. • The ordinal numbers generally have a one
to one relation to cardinal numbers:
The ordinal first corresponds to the
cardinal one.
28. • Ordinal numbers accur before singular and
plural count nouns, and proceded by
another determiners often the definite
article.
a: the prize will go to the first winner .
29. • The determiners next,last, other,another
are also in the category of ordinal
numbers, as they also designate a place in
an ordred sequence .
a. the next type of determiners we’ll going
to tackle is demonstrative determiners.
PS: Another can sometimes mean the
same thing as (an additional) when it
appears before the ordinal one.
30. • Example:
I already have two carpets,but I should
buy another one for the bedroom.
32. This , and that : count and noncount
Singular form.
a.this movie is really worth watching.
b. Do you like that music ?
these, and those:plural count nouns, only.
a.these people are nice.
b..these information have to be read:
incorrect
:
36. 1/Physical distance:
This /these : refer to sth close to the
speaker.
That/those: refer to sth more distant.
Ex: I love this lady , not that one over
there.
37. 2/The dimension of time:
Demonstrative determiners:refer to more
distant in time Vs more immediate in time;
That/those refer to sth that happened
farther back in the past.
This and these: refer to sth that happened
more recently.
38. • Ex: we had a wonderful trip this summer .
we had a wonderful trip that summer.
39. 3/Infomation packaging/ introduction of new
information, with this and these
particularly in nonreferential there
constructions:
Ex:There was this realy good looking girl on
the other side of the room , and she kept
giving him the eye, so he decided to walk
over and chat her up .
40. NPs with that/those constitute infomation
that the speaker presumes is familiar to
the listener.
Ex: Benkiran keeps asking that « have you
understood » question.
41. 4/ dimension of relevance
this/ that precede nouns of high relevance
for the speaker.
Ex: where can we offer our help for hungry
people?Where this hunger spreads
rapidly.
42. That/those precede nouns of low relevance.
Ex:where can we offer our help for hungry
people?where that hunger spreads
rapidly.
43. Exercise
• Indicate whether the determiner between
brackets is grammatical or not.Explain the
source of any error:
Ex: I love( those) music
Those: ungrammatical(the plural
demonstrative determiner those cannot
appear before a noncount noun) : the
correct word is (that)
44. 1/He’s (third )student who signed up for this
course.
2/(This) orange juice is delicious.
3/There is (one) more luggage is the
baggage compartment of the plane.
4/The small statue is (half) size of the big
one.
5/We have to move (three )furniture to leave
space for the TV
45. Answers
• 1/third: ungrammatical (ordinal numbers are preceeded
by an article,usually a definite one). The third student
• 2/This :grammatical
• 3/one:ungrammatical(cardinal numbers can’t precede a
noncount noun )
one more piece of
• 4/Half: ungrammatical (fractions cannot precede a
noun)they are followed by an article.
Half the size.
• 5/three:ungrammatical(cardinal numbers can’t precede a
noncount: three pieces of …
46. Exercise
• State the function of each demonstrative
determiner :
Ex:a: Do you like this dress?
b: Not really I like the one over there.
this :indicates that the dress is close to
the speaker ,and That: the dress indicates
that the dress is farther away.
47. • 1/There was this kid near the
bookshop.And he sort of looked at me as if
he knew me. So I smiled.
• 2/That summer we travelled all over the
place.this summer we have no plans to go
anywhere.
• 3/I advise you to watch this amazing film.
49. • Quantifiers are a set of determiners that
indicate the quantity or number of
something:
all, any,both,every,each,(a) few,less (a)
little ,many,most,much and several.
50. • Quantifier floating:
The quantifiers all, both, and each can
occur in more than one position in a
sentence .The rule that states the
alternative positions that quantifiers can
have is called: Quantifier floating.
51. • Quantifier pronoun flip:
The quantifier all, both, and each may
appear either before or after a pronoun.
52. • Partitives:
Are expressions containing a count.noun+of(
loaf of,piece of, cup of …)that denotes
units by which a following head noun can
be counted.
53. • Other ways of expressing quantification:
a lot of, lots of ,a great deal of, loads of
,plenty of…
55. • Possessive determiners appear before
head nouns and indicate possession.
• Nouns as possessive determiners:are
inflected with an apostrophe+s.
• Constructions with an (of phrase).
56. Exercise
• Indicate whether the bracketed NP pattern
in each sentence is preferable or not.
Explain why
EX:What happened to (Jen’s )arm?
Answer:Preferable( the NP refers to a
human)
57. 1 / She ran her fingers through( the shiny red fur of
the dog).
2/ I have a passion for (Chicago’s Jazz clubs).
3/There was a deep cut over the left( eyes of the
player).
4/It was was only later that I saw him standing in(
the corner of the room).
.
58. Answers
• 1/not preferable : the dog‘s shiny red fur.
• 2/The inflected pattern is preferable here
(the of+ the is also correct)
• 3/Not preferable: the player’s eyes.
• 4/ Preferable: the Of +the noun pattern is
the correct choise the NP’s that refer to
inanimate objects
60. Problems
Problems that ESL/EFL students have with
determiners:
Preference for of+noun pattern over the
possessive determiner+noun pattern.
• Demonstrative determiners(Korean)
Korean have a single form –i which
corresponds to both;this and these.
61. • i salam: this person
• i salam –tul : these persons
• Ce corresponds to that and those
ce salam : that person
ce salam _tul : those persons
62. • Ex of Errors:
We admit that those argument is not wrong
in some sense.
63. • Other and another in spanish:
In single form in Spanish,otro, refers to other
and another.
Ex: the problem of poverty is other important
issue to tackle.
