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Revision as of 16:38, 7 May 2010
Determiners are noun-modifiers that express the reference of a noun or noun-phrase in the context, including quantity, rather than attributes expressed by adjectives. This function is usually performed by articles, demonstratives, possessive determiners, or quantifiers.
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Natural Language
In the UNLarium framework, determiners are further classified as:
- articles (ART): express definiteness (“a”, “the”)
- demonstrative determiners (DET): express position (“this”, in "this house is mine") (not to be confounded with demonstrative pronouns)
- possessive determiners (POD): express property (“my”, “your”) (not to be confounded with possessive pronouns)
- quantifiers (QUA): express quantities (“a lot of”, “several”) (not to be confounded with numerals)
Numeral determiners must be classified as numerals.
UNL
In UNL, determiners are to be represented by attributes, except for numerals and possessives, represented by UWs. See also articles, demonstratives, possessive pronouns and quantifiers.
Determiner attributes
| Attribute | Value | English | UNL |
|---|---|---|---|
| @all | all | all books | book.@all |
| @any | any | any book | book.@any |
| @both | both | both books | book.@both |
| @certain | certain | certain books | book.@certain |
| @def | the | the book | book.@def |
| @distal | that, those | that book | book.@distal |
| @each | each | each book | book.@each |
| @either | either | either book | book.@either |
| @every | every | every book | book.@every |
| @indef | a, an | a book | book.@indef |
| @multal | a lot of, many, much, several | a lot of books | book.@multal |
| @neither | neither | neither foot | foot.@neither |
| @no | no | no book | book.@no |
| @other | other, another, else | other book | book.@other |
| @own | own | own book | book.@own |
| @paucal | a few, a little, few, little, some | a few books | book.@paucal |
| @proximal | this, these | this book | book.@proximal |
| @same | same | same book | book.@same |
| @such | such | such books | book.@such |
| @wh | what, whatever, which, whichever | what book | book.@wh |
