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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.
 
 
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==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Case (definition)]]
 
*[[Case (definition)]]
 
*[[Pronoun (definition)]]
 
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*[[Nouns]]
  
 
==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
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*http://www.towson.edu/ows/nouns.htm
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*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.
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*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 14:04, 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

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.