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TASK 1.

There are a class of elements inside the nominal phrase which seem to be determiners, but which are not in complementary distribution with determiners. As they always follow determiners, they are called post-determiners.

How can post-determiners accomodated into the DP analysis of nominal phrases? Here are some points you need to consider to provide an accurate analysis:

a.) Post-determiners, unlike real determiners, can often be modified:

i.) so many men *so the men
ii.) very many men *very that man
iii.) infinitely many men *infinitely some men

b.) There can only be one post-determiner, unlike adjectival modifiers which accompany a noun:

i.) a tall man a tall strong man a toll strong ugly man
ii.) *few several books

c.) Post-determiners always precede adjectival modifiers:

i.) several tall men *tall several men

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A determiner is a noun-modifier that expresses the reference of a noun or noun-phrase in the context, rather than attributes expressed by adjectives. This function is usually performed by articles, demonstratives, possessive determiners, or quantifiers.
Function:
In most Indo-European languages, determiners are either independent words or clitics that precede the rest of the noun phrase (NP). In other languages, determiners are prefixed or suffixed to the noun, or even change the noun’s form. For example, in Swedish bok “book”, when definite, becomes boken “the book” (suffixed definite articles are common in Scandinavian languages), while in Romanian caiet “notebook” becomes caietul “the notebook”.
Some constructions, such as those that use names of school subjects (”Physics uses mathematics”), don’t use a determiner. This condition is called the “zero determiner” instance.
X-bar theory contends that every noun has a corresponding determiner. In a case where a noun does not have a pronounced determiner, X-bar theory hypothesizes the presence of a zero article.
English determiners:
The determiner function is usually performed by the determiner class of words, but can also be filled by words from other entities:
1. Basic determiners are words from the determiner class (e.g. the girl, those pencils) or determiner phrases (e.g. almost all people, more than two problems).
2. Subject determiners are possessive noun phrases (e.g. his daughter, the boy’s friend).
3. Minor determiners are plain NPs (e.g. what colour carpet, this size shoes) and prepositional phrases (under twenty meters, up to twelve people).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determiner

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A determiner is a noun-modifier that expresses the reference of a noun or noun-phrase in the context, rather than attributes expressed by adjectives. This function is usually performed by articles, demonstratives, possessive determiners, or quantifiers.
Function:
In most Indo-European languages, determiners are either independent words or clitics that precede the rest of the noun phrase (NP). In other languages, determiners are prefixed or suffixed to the noun, or even change the noun's form. For example, in Swedish bok "book", when definite, becomes boken "the book" (suffixed definite articles are common in Scandinavian languages), while in Romanian caiet "notebook" becomes caietul "the notebook".
Some constructions, such as those that use names of school subjects ("Physics uses mathematics"), don't use a determiner. This condition is called the "zero determiner" instance.
X-bar theory contends that every noun has a corresponding determiner. In a case where a noun does not have a pronounced determiner, X-bar theory hypothesizes the presence of a zero article.
English determiners:
The determiner function is usually performed by the determiner class of words, but can also be filled by words from other entities:
1.	Basic determiners are words from the determiner class (e.g. the girl, those pencils) or determiner phrases (e.g. almost all people, more than two problems).
2.	Subject determiners are possessive noun phrases (e.g. his daughter, the boy's friend).
3.	Minor determiners are plain NPs (e.g. what colour carpet, this size shoes) and prepositional phrases (under twenty meters, up to twelve people).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determiner

See also:
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/determinertext.htm
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/determin/xdetm1.htm
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar/determiners-and-quantifiers
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/grammar_topics.php

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