English Linguistics

make a short, understandable summary of contents from 4.65 to 4.97 in the “A University Grammar of English” book.

Terminology Exercise 66 Give a brief explanation, supported by two illustrations, of each following terms as used in A University Grammar of English: 1 a determiner 2 a predeterminer 3 cardinal numerals 4 ordinal numerals 5 closed-system quantifiers 6 generic reference 7 specific reference 8 cataphoric reference 9 anaphoric reference 10 summation plurals 11 pluralia tantum in -s 12 voicing+s plural 13 mutation 14 dual gender 15 common gender 16 double genitive 17 partitive pronouns 18 universal pronouns 19 non-assertion 20 replacive one

explain the phrase: an eye- opening experience

explain the phrase: lives up to its name