On 2010-11-11, at 5:46 PM, Dick wrote:

> Determiner: a modifier of a noun; a d. may be an article, demonstrative, quantifier, possessive noun phrase, or possessive pronoun.

Is this meant to be a definition of the lexical category (part of speech) or the syntactic function? As a function, determiners are distinct from modifiers in an NP. For one thing, a determiner is required if the noun is singular countable while modifiers are optional. As a lexical category, determinatives (for terminological clarity) don't include pronouns or NPs.

Best,
Brett

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Brett Reynolds
English Language Centre
Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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