Determiner vs. Pronoun

Determinernoun

(grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

Determinernoun

(grammar) A dependent function in a noun phrase marking the NP as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.

Determinernoun

Something that determines, or helps someone to determine, something else.

Determinernoun

One who, or that which, determines or decides.

Determinernoun

an argument that is conclusive

Determinernoun

one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases

Determinernoun

a determining or causal element or factor;

Determiner

A determiner, also called determinative (abbreviated DET), is a word, phrase, or affix that occurs together with a noun or noun phrase and serves to express the reference of that noun or noun phrase in the context. That is, a determiner may indicate whether the noun is referring to a definite or indefinite element of a class, to a closer or more distant element, to an element belonging to a specified person or thing, to a particular number or quantity, etc.

Pronounnoun

(grammar) A type of noun that refers anaphorically to another noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. English examples include I, you, him, who, me, my, each other.

Pronounnoun

A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they.

Pronounnoun

a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase

Pronounnoun

a word that can function as a noun phrase used by itself and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g. I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g. she, it, this).

Pronoun

In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun (abbreviated PRO) is a word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase. Pronouns have traditionally been regarded as one of the parts of speech, but some modern theorists would not consider them to form a single class, in view of the variety of functions they perform cross-linguistically.