The two demonstratives are marked negatively for inherent number feature: [-Pl_Inh]. This means that the value of number is not inherent, but it must be assigned an absolute value--based on agreement.

These words belong to the class of function words called determiners, which serve to either identify nouns or word groups functioning as nouns or give additional information about them (the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In English demonstratives cannot co-occur with articles, so it is assumed that demonstratives should be treated as determiners (D). In some ...

The two demonstratives are marked negatively for inherent number feature: [-Pl_Inh]. This means that the value of number is not inherent, but it must be assigned an absolute value--based on agreement.