Words Related to Linguistics - Determiners, Adverbs and Adpositions
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demonstrative determiner
[noun]
a type of determiner that points to or identifies a specific noun by indicating its proximity or distance in relation to the speaker
possessive determiner
[noun]
a type of determiner that indicates ownership or possession and is used before a noun to show that something belongs to someone
interrogative determiner
[noun]
a type of determiner used to introduce a question or inquiry about a specific noun or group of nouns
indefinite determiner
[noun]
a type of determiner used to refer to non-specific or unidentified nouns
quantifier
[noun]
a subclass of determiners that provide information about the quantity or amount of a noun they modify
distributive determiner
[noun]
a specific category of determiners that express the idea of distribution or individualization, indicating that something is taken individually or separately
partitive determiner
[noun]
a specific type of determiner used to express a partial or indefinite quantity of something, indicating an unknown or unspecified portion
predeterminer
[noun]
(grammar) a noun modifier that comes before a determiner, limiting or quantifying a noun phrase
exclamatory determiner
[noun]
a type of determiner that expresses surprise, emphasis, or strong emotion, typically modifying a noun phrase to convey an exclamatory meaning, such as "what," "such," or "what a"
indefinite article
[noun]
(grammar) a determiner that is used to introduce a noun phrase that is nonspecific, such as 'a' or 'an' in English
definite article
[noun]
(grammar) a determiner that is used to introduce a noun phrase that is known or specified, such as 'the' in English
compound determiner
[noun]
a type of determiner that is formed by combining two or more words to modify a noun
central determiner
[noun]
a class of determiners that directly precede a noun and include articles (such as "the," "a," and "an") and demonstratives (such as "this," "that," "these," and "those") that specify the referentiality or definiteness of the noun
postdeterminer
[noun]
a type of determiner that appear after the central determiner and provide additional information or specification about the noun phrase, such as quantity ("several," "many"), definiteness ("only," "very"), or specificity ("each," "every")
existential determiner
[noun]
a type of determiner used to introduce or indicate the existence of something
disjunctive determiner
[noun]
a grammatical element that is used to present alternative or contrasting options within a sentence or clause
negative determiner
[noun]
a type of determiner that is used to express negation or denial in relation to the noun it modifies, indicating the absence or non-existence of the referred object
article
[noun]
(grammar) any type of determiner that shows whether we are referring to a particular thing or a general example of something
additive determiner
[noun]
a type of determiner that is used to indicate the addition or inclusion of something to the noun it modifies, often conveying the sense of "another" or "additional"
sufficiency determiner
[noun]
a type of determiner that expresses the idea of enough or sufficient quantity or degree of something
ordinal number
[noun]
a number that indicates the position of something in a sequence or series
preposition
[noun]
(grammar) a word that comes before a noun or pronoun to indicate location, direction, time, manner, or the relationship between two objects
postposition
[noun]
a type of grammatical particle or word that is placed after a noun or pronoun to indicate its relationship to another element in a sentence, such as a noun phrase or clause
inflected prepostion
[noun]
a type of preposition that undergoes inflection or changes in form to indicate grammatical relationships with other elements in a sentence
circumposition
[noun]
a type of adposition that consists of two parts, one appearing before and the other after the noun phrase or pronoun it governs
particle
[noun]
(grammar) an adverb or preposition that is used with a verb to form a phrasal verb
prepositional adverb
[noun]
an adverb that is formed by adding a preposition to an adjective or adverb, creating a new word that functions as an adverbial phrase
superlative adverb
[noun]
an adverb that is used to express the highest degree or intensity of an action or quality among a group of things, typically by adding "-est" to the base form of the adverb or by using the word "most" before the adverb
sentence adverb
[noun]
an adverb that modifies an entire sentence, expressing the speaker's attitude, viewpoint, or commentary on the content of the sentence rather than modifying a specific verb, adjective, or other adverb within the sentence
relative adverb
[noun]
an adverb that not only functions as an adverb but also introduces a relative clause, providing additional information about the noun or pronoun in the main clause to which it refers
conjunctive adverb
[noun]
an adverb that connects two independent clauses or sentences and indicates a relationship or transition between them, such as "however," "therefore," "meanwhile," or "consequently"
interrogative adverb
[noun]
an adverb that introduces a question and seeks information about the manner, place, time, reason, or degree of an action or event, such as "how," "where," "when," "why," or "to what extent"
adverb of time
[phrase]
an adverb that provides information about when or for how long an action or event occurs
adverb of degree
[phrase]
an adverb that modifies an adjective, verb, or another adverb, indicating the intensity, extent, or degree of something
adverb of manner
[phrase]
an adverb that describes how an action is performed or how something happens, indicating the manner or way in which it occurs
comparative adverb
[noun]
an adverb that is used to compare the intensity or degree of an action or quality between two or more things, typically by adding "-er" to the base form of the adverb or by using the word "more" before the adverb
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