For example:
Mr. Chan
Chef Akbar
President Obama
Doctor Tom
My question is what are these titles, that is Mr, chef, president and doctor, called in English during parsing? Are they an adjective or a determiner?
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Mr. Chan
Chef Akbar
President Obama
Doctor Tom
My question is what are these titles, that is Mr, chef, president and doctor, called in English during parsing? Are they an adjective or a determiner?
They are called "english honorifics", or simply "honorifics". They are usually placed inmediately before a person's name and they serve as titles to many purposes, mostly to convey esteem or show respect when addressing or referring to a person. I give you some examples:
You can refer to these and these links for more info about them.