一、限定词的概念
限定词(DETERMINER)是在名词词组中对名词中心词起特指(SPECIFIC REFERENCE)、类指(GENERIC REFERENCE)以及表示确定数量(DEFINITE QUANTITY)和非确定数量(INDEFINITE QUANTITY)等限定作用的词类。名词词组除有词汇意义外，还有其所指意义(REFERENTIAL MEANING)，是特指(即指特写的对象)，还是类指(即泛指一类人或物);是有确定的数量，还是没有确定的数量。能在名词词组中表示这种所指意义的词类就是限定词。
二、限定词包括哪些词
定冠词(DEFINTITE ARTICLE)：the;
不定冠词(INDEFINITE ARTICLE)：a, an;
零冠词(ZERO ARTICLE)
物主限定词(POSSESSIVE DETERMINER)：my, your, his, her, our, your, their, one's, its;
名词属格(GENITIVE NOUN)：Tom’s, my mother’s;
指示限定词(DEMONSTRATIVE DETERMINER)：this, that, these, those, such;
关系限定词(RELATIVE DETERRMINER)：whose, which;
疑问限定词(INTERROGATIVE DETERMINER)：what, which, whose;
不定限定词(INDEFINITE DETERMINER)：no, some, any, each, every, enough, either, neither, all, both, half, several, many, much, (a) few, (a) little, other, another;
基数词(CARDINAL NUMERAL)：one, two, three, four, five…;
序数词(ORDINAL NUMERAL)：first, second, third, fourth, fifth…;
倍数词(MULTIPLICATIVE NUMERAL)：one third, two thirds…;
分数词(FRACTIONAL NUMERAL)：twice, three times…;
量词(QUANTIFIER)a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a great of, a good deal of, a large of, a small amount of, a quantity of, a great of, a good number of…。
