Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2010, 12(3):54-57 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2010.3.54-57

Application of Determiners in Phraseological Units Containing Names of Human Body Parts

Marta Lackova1
1 Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Science, University of Zilina, Slovakia

The article deals with formal expressive means of the category of determination which are applied in phraseological units of the English language containing names of human body parts (nouns ear, eye, face, foot, hand, head, heart are the focus of our attention). At first, the article provides a brief introduction into the linguistic area of determination. Three types of determiners (predeterminers, central determiners, postdeterminers) are classified in order to provide background information for further research. Moreover, general rules dealing with the use of articles with reference to body parts are introduced. The above mentioned types of determiners find their realization also within the framework of the analysed phraseological units. Possessive pronouns, the definite, indefinite and zero articles represent the most spread types of determiners in the studied area.

Keywords: phraseological unit, determination, determiner, article, pronoun

Published: September 30, 2010  Show citation

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Lackova, M. (2010). Application of Determiners in Phraseological Units Containing Names of Human Body Parts. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 12(3), 54-57. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2010.3.54-57
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