| 单词 |
predeterminer |
| 释义 |
predeˈterminer
1. [f. predetermine v. + -er1.]
a. One who or that which predetermines. rare—0.
†b. A believer in predetermination (prop. predeterminist): = predestinator 2 (obs.).
a1678Marvell Def. J. Howe Wks. (Grosart) IV. 225 Its business here is to defend the predeterminers' opinion.
2. Gram. [f. pre- B. 1 + determiner1 3.] One of a class of limiting expressions that precede the determiner. Also attrib.
1959J. Sledd Short Introd. to Eng. Gram. 116 The predeterminers, finally, are rather various but limited in number. 1961Amer. Speech XXXVI. 159 It is customary to describe the English nominal as consisting of a sequence of constituents: predeterminers, determiners, adjectives, [etc.]. 1961R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts ii. 40 Predeterminer modifiers generally are adverbial in function, and mensurant, selectional, differential, conjunctive, or adjunct-like in force. 1964[see determiner1 3]. 1965O. Thomas Transformational Gram. iv. 84 Like the other two classes of determiners, the predeterminers have a unique feature: they are invariably separated from the regular determiners by the word of. 1975Language LI. 990 The articles are analysed with respect to..a class of modifiers sometimes known as predeterminers (several, three, etc.). |
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