Determinans Definition
noun
(linguistics) A modifier; a word that modifies another word.
In the noun phrase “noun phrase”, “noun” is the determinans and “phrase” is the determinatum.
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Origin of Determinans
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From Latin dētermināns, present active participle of dēterminō (“fix the limits of something”), from dē + terminō (“bound, limit”).
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