章振邦《新编英语语法》Lecture_6课件

⑥Determiners with singular and non-
count nouns only
Determiners such as this, that can collocate with either singular or non-count nouns.
Whoever had come with this idea deserved a medal. My family have lived in that village for many generations. I hope to enjoy that feeling again before long.
My first reaction was to hit him, but he was old, and my second was to resign. The next thing he heard was an insistent knocking on the door of his room. The last three shipments of grain for West Africa haven’t yet arrived.
P63 Ex.6A
6.2 Collocations between determiners Determiners fall into three subclasses:
Predeterminers
Central determiners Postdeterminers
Articles a, an, the; Demonstrative determiners this, that, these, those; Possessive determiners my, your, etc.; Genitive nouns Mary’s, my friend’s; some, any, no, every, each, either, neither, enough; what(ever), whose, etc. Exception: Note that central determiners are David’s/His every action shows that he is a mutually exclusive and that no two very determined young man. members of the above-cited items The enemy’s/Their every in movement was being ever occur together a noun phrase. closely watched by the PLA men.
There is little doubt that he and his accomplices are guilty. The Square was the scene of much fighting in last year’s revolution. I can speak a bit of French and understand more.
Postdeterminers refer to those that follow central or predeterminers. They are not mutually exclusive. Two or more such items can co-occur in a noun phrase. This subclass includes: Cardinal numerals, Ordinal numerals, next, last, other, another, etc.; many, much, (a) few, (a) little, fewer, (the) fewest, less, (the) least, more, most; several, plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a great / large / good number of, a great / good deal of, a large / small amount of; such.
Lecture 6
Determiners (I)
What are determiners?
Words that precede any premodifying adjectives in a noun phrase and which denote such referential meanings( 所 指 意 义 )as specific reference (特指), generic reference (类指), definite quantity (确定数量) or indefinite quantity ( 非 确 定 数 量 ) are referred to as determiners.
6.1 Collocations between determiners and nouns singular count nouns
Three classes of nouns
plural count nouns Non-count nouns
①Determiners with all three classes of nouns Such determiners such as possessive determiners, genitive nouns and the definite article as well as some, any, no, the other, and whose can go with all the three classes of nouns.
There are few things I enjoy more than watching fish swimming in the stream. They have invited me several times to their home. In another two weeks, it will be finished.
Predeterminers are those that precede central determiners. Predeterminers are also mutually exclusive. They include:
all, both, half, double, twice, three times, etc.; one-third, two-fifths, etc.; what, such (a / an), etc.
Numerals
Cardinal numerals: one, two, three, etc.; Ordinal numerals: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.; Fractional numerals: two-thirds, etc.; Multiplicative numerals: twice, etc.; Quantifiers: a lot of , lots of , plenty
⑦Determiners with plural and non-count
nouns only
Determiners such as a lot of, lots of, plenty of, enough, most, such, other can go with plural and non-count nouns, but not with singular nouns.
Related to Pronoun
your, their, one’s, its; Genitive nouns: John’s, my friend’s, etc.; Demonstrative determiners: this, that, these, those, such; Relative determiners: whose, which; Interrogative determiners: what, which, whose; Indefinite determiners: no, some, any, each, every, enough, either, neither, all, both, half, several, many, much, (a) few, (a) little, other, another;
②Determiners with singular count nouns only
Determiners such as a(n), one, another, each, every, either, neither, many a, such a can only collocate with singular count nouns. It should be compulsory reading for every adult. Neither accusation is true. He is going to buy another car.
of, a great / good deal of, a large / smΒιβλιοθήκη Baidull amount / quantity of, a great / large / good number of, etc.;
The head of a noun phrase limits the choice of determiners, and when more than one determiner occurs in the noun phrase, there is the problem of word order between determiners.
What do determiners include?
Articles: Definite Article the, Indefinite Articles a, an, Zero Article; Possessive Determiners: my, your, his, her, our,
⑤Determiners with singular and plural
count nouns only
Determiners such as the first, the second, the last, the next can go with either singular or plural count nouns.
④Determiners with non-count nouns only
Determiners such as a (little) bit of, a great amount of, a great deal of, (a) little, much, less, least can only collocate with non-count nouns.
No student is to leave the classroom. No words can express my grief. I have no time to write to you. And whose side are you on? It is still unclear whose houses were burnt last night. He is a writer whose humor is not without substance.
Are there enough cakes for everyone? They didn’t have enough information about the incident. Like all such stories, that is largely a myth. Such optimism has become strangely out of place.
③Determiners with plural count nouns only Determiners such as both, two, three, etc., another two / three, many, (a) few, several, these, those, a (great) number of can only collocate with plural count nouns.