predeterminer

See also: prédéterminer

English

Examples
* All in all this time. * Half in half the size. * Three times in three times the rate. * How big in how big a deal is this. * What in what a great idea.

Etymology

From pre- +‎ determiner.

Noun

predeterminer (plural predeterminers)

1. (grammar) The function of a phrase that precedes a determiner in a noun phrase and modifies the head noun.

Related terms

• determiner
• postdeterminer

References

• predeterminer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia