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nouns/noun phrases
noun phrases and determiners
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| definite articles | the, each, every, neither, either |
| when are definite articles used? | when specifying a noun; "the" indicates old information ex: the blue soccer ball |
| indefinite articles | a, an, some, any, another, no, enough |
| when are indefinite articles used? | with more general circumstances; "a" and "some" indicate new information ex: a soccer ball |
| demonstratives | this, that, these, those |
| what do demonstratives deal with? | distances; proximity |
| cardinals | one, two, three, few, many, several |
| ordinals | first, second, last, middle, other, final |
| what do ordinals deal with? | order |
| what do cardinals define? | the number of items the head noun refers to |
| comparatives | more, most, fewer, fewest, least |
| what do comparatives deal with? | comparisons |
| prearticles | just, only, even, all of, two of, quarter of, lots of |
| what do prearticles add? | meaning of number or quantity to the noun phrase |
| Any noun, cardinal or ordinal combined with "of" is a what? | prearticle |
| what is the first element in the noun phrase? | the prearticle |
| genitives | his, her, my, mine, our, their, its, |
| which determiner can only be preceded by a prearticle? | genitive |
| what is the discourse level? | the first level; conversational; cohesive ideas linked together by a couple of sentences |
| what is the sentence level? | after discourse; contains a subject and predicate; in some cases more than one of each |
| what is the clause level? | after sentences; parts of a sentence. an independent clause can stand alone as a sentence whereas a subordinate clause cannot stand alone |
| what is the phrase level? | after clause; the phrase level consists of linked words but it does not have a subject and predicate combined |
| what does the word level consist of? | after clause; consists of one word |
| what does the morpheme level consist of? | after word; break down of morphemes within a word; it is the smallest unit of meaning |
| what is a noun phrase? | basic sentence constituent |
| what does a noun phrase basically consist of? | NP -> Determinant (Det) + Noun (N) |
| What are the features of a noun? | human/nonhuman, animate/inanimate, concrete/abstract, count/noncount, common/proper, singular/plural |
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