“限定词”的英语表达是 determiner(也可写作 determinative,但前者更常用 )。
在英语语法中,determiner 是一类用来限定名词范围、表明数量、所属等关系的词,例如:
Articles(冠词): a, an, the
Demonstratives(指示词): this, that, these, those
Quantifiers(量词): some, any, many, much, few, a few, little, a little 等
Possessives(物主代词/所有格限定词): my, your, his, her, its, our, their
Numbers(数词,也可作限定词): one, two, three 等
例如:
The book on the table is mine.(“the” 是限定词,特指桌子上的那本书)
This apple is sweet.(“this” 是限定词,指这个苹果)