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n. - A member of a subclass of English limiting adjectival words that usually precede descriptive adjectives and include the articles the, a, and an, and any words that may substitute for them, as your, their, some, and each.

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  • You'll just find MORE means-plus-fxn type language, e.g., the determiner is a "processor."
  • Again, is speech the determiner in being educated?
  • KING: Do you agree that the spouse is the determiner?
  • ˜The Bronx™ combines a determiner and a proper noun.
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