Re: [Corpora-List] List of determiners

From: bond@cslab.kecl.ntt.co.jp
Date: Thu Jun 05 2003 - 15:12:23 MET DST

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    G'day,

    > Hi all,

    > Does anybody know of/have a (exhaustive) list of english determiners? -

    If you include numerals (as I do), then an exhaustive list is
    difficult but:
    \begin{myfigure}
      \begin{center}
        \begin{itemize}
        \item pre-determiners
          \begin{itemize}
          \item quantifiers: \eng{all, both}
          \item fractions: \eng{half, one-third, \ldots}
          \item multiples: \eng{double, twice, three times, \ldots}
          \item \eng{what} (exclamative: \eng{What a great party!})
          \end{itemize}
        \item central determiners
          \begin{itemize}
          \item articles: \eng{the, a(an), some, any}
          \item demonstratives: \eng{this/these}, \eng{that/those}
          \item possessive pronouns: \eng{my, your, his, her, its, their, our}
          \item possessive phrases: \eng{the king's}, \eng{his friend's}, \ldots
          \item quantifiers \eng{no, some, any, either, neither, another,
              each, enough, much, more, most, less, a few, a little, many
              a, several}
          \item \eng{which, what} (interrogative: \eng{What sound is that?})
          \item pronouns: \eng{we}, \eng{us}, \eng{you}
          \end{itemize}
        \item post-determiners
          \begin{itemize}
          \item cardinal numerals: \eng{one, two, three, \ldots}
          \item fixed-numbers: \eng{dozen, score, \ldots}
          \item quantifiers: \eng{every, many, few, little}
          \item emphatic possessive: \eng{own}
          \item \eng{such}
          \end{itemize}
    \end{itemize}
        \caption{Determiners Grouped by Linear Order}
        \label{fig:det-order}
      \end{center}
    \end{myfigure}
    %%
    %% This list is meant to be exhaustive, modulo the open sets
    %%

    The same list, grouped by meaning is:

    \begin{myfigure}
      \begin{center}
        \begin{itemize}
    \item quantifiers
      \begin{itemize}
      \item cardinal numerals \eng{one, two, three, \ldots}
      \item other quantifiers \eng{all, both, no, some, any, much, many, few, a
          few, little, a little, either, neither, another, enough, more,
          most, less, many a, several}
          \item fractions: \eng{half, one-third, \ldots}
          \item multiples: \eng{double, twice, three times, \ldots}
      \end{itemize}
    \item possessives
      \begin{itemize}
      \item possessive pronouns: \eng{my, your, his, her, its, their, our}
      \item possessive phrases: \eng{the king's}, \eng{his friend's}, \ldots
      \item emphatic possessive: \eng{own}
      \end{itemize}
    \item determinatives
      \begin{itemize}
      \item articles: \eng{the, a/an, some/any}
      \item demonstratives: \eng{this/these}, \eng{that/those}
      \item \eng{which, what} (interrogative)
      \item \eng{what} (exclamative)
      \item \eng{such}
      \item pronouns: \eng{we}, \eng{us}, \eng{you}
      \end{itemize}
    \end{itemize}
    \caption{Determiners Grouped by Meaning}
        \label{fig:det-meaning}
      \end{center}
    \end{myfigure}

    These are from my dissertation "Determiners and Number in English
    contrasted with Japanese, as exemplified in Machine Translation".

    http://www.kecl.ntt.co.jp/icl/mtg/members/bond/pubs/2001-phd.html

    > Preferably annotated with information on type (weak/strong,
    > symmetric/non-symmetric, ...). I'm studying there-constructions -which
    > determiners occur, and which don't.

    Sorry, I don't have information on those features.

    > Also, does anybody have any comments on focus adverbials/determiners.
    > I would greatly appreciate any hint.
    > -tine

    -- 
    Francis Bond  <www.kecl.ntt.co.jp/icl/mtg/members/bond/>
    NTT Communication Science Laboratories | Machine Translation Research Group
    



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