Editing Determiner phrase (section)

In [[linguistics]], a '''determiner phrase''' ('''DP''') is a type of [[phrase]] headed by a [[determiner]] such as ''many''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Müller|first=Stefan|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.26530/oapen_611693|title=Grammatical theory: From transformational grammar to constraint-based approaches|date=2016|publisher=Language Science Press|isbn=978-3-944675-21-3}}</ref> Controversially, many approaches take a phrase like ''not very many apples'' to be a DP, [[Head (linguistics)|headed]], in this case, by the determiner ''many''. This is called the DP analysis or the DP hypothesis. Others reject this analysis in favor of the more traditional NP ([[noun phrase]] or nominal phrase) analysis where ''apples'' would be the head of the phrase in which the DP ''not very many'' is merely a dependent. Thus, there are competing analyses concerning [[head (linguistics)|heads]] and dependents in nominal groups.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Müller |first=Stefan |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.26530/oapen_611693 |title=Grammatical theory: From transformational grammar to constraint-based approaches |publisher=Language Science Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-3-944675-21-3 |pages=29}}</ref> The DP analysis developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s,<ref>Several early works that helped establish the DP-analysis are Vennemann & Harlow (1977), Brame (1982), Szabolcsi (1983), Hudson (1984), Muysken & van Reimsdijk (1986), and Abney (1987).</ref> and it is the majority view in [[generative grammar]] today.<ref>Poole (19??: ???) states that the DP-analysis is the majority stance in generative grammar today.</ref>

In the example determiner phrases below, the determiners are in '''boldface''':
* '''a''' little dog, '''the''' little dogs (indefinite or definite articles)
* '''my''' little dog, '''your''' little dogs (possessives) 
* '''this''' little dog, '''those''' little dogs (demonstratives) 
* '''every''' little dog, '''each''' little dog, '''no''' dog (quantifiers)