1965 N. Chomsky ii. 107 Det→(pre-Article⁀of) Article (post-Article).
1971 2 131 The terms Pre-article and Post-article can be used when talking about arrangements of non-lexical formatives in surface structure.
1996 30 Suppl. 151 The quantifier is classified as a ‘prearticle’, and ‘of’ is inserted transformationally to produce ‘most of the rocks’.