different between determiner vs attributive

English

Etymology

determine +? -er

Noun

determiner (plural determiners)

1. (grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
2. (grammar) A dependent function in a noun phrase marking the NP as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.
3. Something that determines, or helps someone to determine, something else.
   • 1901: Azel Ames, The Mayflower and Her Log

     The "steel-yards" and "measures" were the only determiners of weight and quantity — as the hour-glass and sun dial were of time — possessed at first (so far as appears) by the passengers of the Pilgrim ship […]

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:determiner.

Synonyms

• (word class): determinative
• (grammatical function): determinative

Hypernyms

• (word class): function word

Hyponyms

• (word class): article (a/an, the), demonstrative determiner (this, those), possessive determiner, cardinal number (three, 50), quantifier (most, any, much, each)
  • predeterminer, central determiner, postdeterminer

Derived terms

• (in grammar): determiner phrase, predeterminer, postdeterminer, null determiner

Translations

See also

• Category:English determiners
• Category:Determiners by language
• article
• demonstrative

References

• determiner at OneLook Dictionary Search
• determiner in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language Huddleston & Pullum, 2002. CUP.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin d?termin?.

Verb

determiner

1. to determine

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Latin

Verb

d?terminer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of d?termin?

English

Etymology

attribute +? -ive

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?.?t??.bju.t?v/

Adjective

attributive (comparative more attributive, superlative most attributive)

1. (grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.

   • Since both Attributes and Adjuncts recursively expand N-bar into N-bar, it seems clear that the two have essentially the same function, so that Attributes are simply pronominal Adjuncts (though we shall continue to follow tradition and refer to attributive premodifiers as Attributes rather than Adjuncts).

   Antonym: predicative

2. Having the nature of an attribute.
3. Serving to express an attribute of an object.

Derived terms

Related terms

• attribute

Translations

Noun

attributive (plural attributives)

1. (grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.

   In "this big house," "big" is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t?i.by.tiv/

Adjective

attributive

1. feminine singular of attributif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

attributive

1. inflection of attributiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

attributive

1. feminine plural of attributivo

Anagrams

• ributtatevi