The Ordering of Determiners

Noun bisa di ikuti lebih dari satu determiner atau tidak sama sekali. Berdasarkan posisinya terhadap noun, determiner dibedakan menjadi tiga class, yakni: predeterminer, central determiner, dan post determiner.

Class tersebut mengikuti urutan tertentu yang disebut the ordering of determiners.

+/- predeterminer +/- central determiner +/- post determiner + noun

Predeterminer antara lain: multiplier, fraction, distributive, dan exclamative; central determiner antara lain: article, possessive, dan demonstrative; dan post determiner antara lain: number dan quantifier.

Predeterminer

Predeterminer adalah determiner yang ditempatkan mendahului determiner lainnya. Determiner ini umumnya menyatakan proporsi dari suatu noun yang mengikutinya. Predeterminer antara lain multiplier, fraction, distributive dan exclamative. Berikut kombinasi predeterminer dengan/tanpa determiner lain dan noun (membentuk noun phrase).

multiplier + article / possessive + plural countable noun / mass noun

• double the books
• three times the bottles
• twice the money
• four times my salary

fraction + article / possessive + noun

• one-third the width
• two-thirds my salary
• two-fifths the width

all/both (distributive) + article / possessive+ plural countable noun / uncountable noun

• all the women
• all the time
• both her houses

half (distributive) + article / possessive + noun

• half the price
• half that task
• half these books
• half the information
• half my furniture

what (exclamative) + article + noun

• what a big surprise
• what a beautiful view

such (exclamative) + a / zero article + noun

• such a fool

Central Determiner

Central Determiner adalah determiner yang ditempatkan diantara
pre dan post determiner. Determiner ini terdiri dari article, possessive, dan demonstrative dengan penjelasan dan contoh sebagai berikut.

the (article) + noun

• all the people
• half the width
• four times the width

a/an (article) + singular countable noun

• what a big surprise
• such an honour

possessive + noun

• two-third his salary
• all her salary
• three times my salary

this / that (demonstrative) + uncountable / singular countable noun

• all that luggage
• one-third my age

these / those (demonstrative) + plural countable noun

• all these books
• all those deer

Post Determiner

Post Determiner adalah determiner yang diletakkan setelah predeterminer dengan/tanpa central determiner setelahnya. Determiner ini antara lain number dan quantifier.

cardinal number / ordinal number / general ordinal + noun

• the three men
• the ten dollars
• the first class
• the fourth floor
• the next chapter
• the last moment
• my previous experience
• his subsequent trip

quantifier + noun

• the few women

Related Posts:

• Determiner
• The Ordering of Determiners: Pre, Central, and Post Determiners
• Quantifier
• Floating Quantifier
• Noun Phrase
• Articles (a, an, the)
• Possessive Adjective

References:

1. Predeterminer. http://grammar.about.com/od/pq/g/Predeterminer.htm. Accessed on June 3, 2014.
2. The Ordering of Determiners. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/determin/xdetm3.htm. Accessed on June 4, 2014.
3. Predeterminer. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/predeterminer. Accessed on June 3, 2014.
4. Such. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/such. Accessed on June 3, 2014.