§ 471. The peculiar combinability and functions of particles distinguish them from all other words in the sentence. They .-are not adjuncts of definite parts of speech like complements, .attributes or extensions. They do not link any parts of the sentence like connectives. They are not parenthetical elements. :So they make a distinct secondary part of the sentence, specifiers.The name just indicates their function. In simple
1 What we call the head-word.
2 Op. cit.
sentences they specify various words and combinations of words by intensifying their meaning (even), by singling them out (only), by showing that something similar was already mentioned (also), etc.
E.g. Is he a terribly good judge of a horse?
Yes. Of anything else, Dinny — no. (Galsworthy). I've tried that too, Aunty. (Ib.). / was only brilliant once. (Ib.).
§ 472. The articles resemble particles in being semi-notional and in functioning as specifiers. But they -specify only one part of speech, nouns. In this they resemble attributes.