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these are  nouns that show reference to a specifically identifiable object or set of objects. They also give their definiteness with determiners such as “the” and “my.” Ex.  “My mother” and “Rachel”
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==References==
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.
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Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
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these are nouns that show reference to a specifically identifiable object or set of objects. They also give their definiteness with determiners such as “the” and “my.” Ex. “My mother” and “Rachel”

References

Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. The language library. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1997.

Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.