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| − | + | In traditional grammar, a noun is seen as a person, place, or thing. A more rigorous description is that a noun is any word that can function as a subject, a direct object or an object of a preposition. Nouns are typically inflected for number, gender, case, and countability. Nouns can follow [[Article (definition)|articles]] like ''the'' in English and ''an'' in Gaelic. | |
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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*[[Case (definition)]] | *[[Case (definition)]] | ||
*[[Pronoun (definition)]] | *[[Pronoun (definition)]] | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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*http://www.icalweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nouns | *http://www.icalweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nouns | ||
| + | *http://www.towson.edu/ows/nouns.htm | ||
| + | *http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsANoun.htm | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin. | *Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin. | ||
*Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | *Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | ||
| + | *Carnie, A. (2013) Syntax: A Generative Introduction.'' 3rd Edition. Wiley Blackwell. | ||
[[Category: Technical Definitions]] | [[Category: Technical Definitions]] | ||
[[Category: Parts of Speech]] | [[Category: Parts of Speech]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:04, 4 October 2012
In traditional grammar, a noun is seen as a person, place, or thing. A more rigorous description is that a noun is any word that can function as a subject, a direct object or an object of a preposition. Nouns are typically inflected for number, gender, case, and countability. Nouns can follow articles like the in English and an in Gaelic.
See Also
External Links
- http://www.icalweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nouns
- http://www.towson.edu/ows/nouns.htm
- http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsANoun.htm
References
- Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Carnie, A. (2013) Syntax: A Generative Introduction. 3rd Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
