Noun (definition)

Traditionally a noun is seen as a person, place, or thing. Linguistics wise any word that can function as a subject or an object of a clause. Also, be analyzed by number, gender, case, countability.

See Also

• Plural Formation
• Declension (definition)
• Case (definition)
• Pronoun (definition)

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.