different between determiner vs modifier

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

modify +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?d?fa??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?d?fa??/
• Hyphenation: mod?i?fi?er

Noun

modifier (plural modifiers)

1. One who, or that which, modifies.
2. (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
3. (programming) A keyword that qualifies the meaning of other code.

Synonyms

• qualifier

Derived terms

Related terms

• postmodifier
• premodifier

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin modific?, modific?re, from modus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.di.fje/

Verb

modifier

1. to change, modify

Conjugation

Related terms

• modifiable
  • immodifiable
  • modifiabilité
• modification
  • modificateur
• modifieur

Further reading

• “modifier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).