Words Related to Linguistics - Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives
Here you will learn some English words related to nouns, pronouns, and adjectives such as "proper noun", "dummy pronoun", and "nominal adjective".
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reflexive pronoun
[noun]
a type of pronoun that refers back to the subject of the sentence and indicates that the subject performs an action on itself
concrete noun
[noun]
a type of noun that represents a physical, tangible entity or object, typically something that can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, or tasted
dummy pronoun
[noun]
a pronoun that serves as a grammatical placeholder or filler in a sentence, having no specific referential meaning but fulfilling syntactic requirements
appositive noun
[noun]
a noun that appears next to another noun or pronoun and provides additional information or clarification about it, serving to identify, describe, or specify the noun it is referring to
possessive noun
[noun]
a noun that shows ownership or possession of something, typically formed by adding an apostrophe and "s" ('s) to the noun, or just an apostrophe ('), depending on the grammatical context
adverbial noun
[noun]
a noun that functions as an adverb, providing information about the manner, time, place, frequency, or degree of an action or event, modifying a verb, adjective, or another adverb
adverbial genitive
[noun]
a noun in the genitive case that functions as an adverbial modifier
predicate noun
[noun]
a noun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of a sentence, providing more information about it
agent noun
[noun]
a noun that is derived from a verb and typically refers to a person or entity that performs or carries out the action expressed by the verb. It identifies the doer or agent of the action
interrogative pronoun
[noun]
a type of pronoun that is used to ask questions, representing the unknown or the thing being inquired about, such as "who," "whom," "whose," "what," and "which"
intensive pronoun
[noun]
a pronoun that emphasizes or intensifies the noun or pronoun it refers to, typically reflecting back on the subject of the sentence
object pronoun
[noun]
a type of pronoun that functions as the object of a verb or preposition in a sentence, representing the recipient or the entity being acted upon
indefinite pronoun
[noun]
a pronoun that refers to a non-specific or unidentified person, thing, or amount, conveying a sense of ambiguity or lack of specificity
impersonal pronoun
[noun]
a pronoun that is used in place of a specific person or group, often in situations where the subject of the sentence is unknown or irrelevant, or when the focus is on a general concept rather than an individual
archaic pronoun
[noun]
a pronoun that was commonly used in older forms of the language but has fallen out of common usage in modern times, typically due to changes in language and cultural shifts
distributive pronoun
[noun]
a pronoun that refers to members of a group or individuals separately rather than collectively, indicating that the action or attribute applies to each individual separately
possessive pronoun
[noun]
a pronoun that shows ownership or possession, indicating that something belongs to someone or something
nominal adjective
[noun]
an adjective that functions as a noun, representing a person, thing, or concept, taking on the role of a noun in a sentence
predicate adjective
[noun]
an adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of a sentence, providing additional information or describing a quality or state of the subject
coordinate adjective
[noun]
an adjective that independently modifies a noun when multiple adjectives are used together to describe the same noun, and each adjective contributes equally to the description without modifying the others
descriptive adjective
[noun]
an adjective that provides information about the quality, characteristic, or attribute of a noun
evaluative adjective
[noun]
an adjective that expresses a judgment or evaluation about the noun it modifies, indicating a subjective opinion or value judgment
proper adjective
[noun]
an adjective that is derived from a proper noun and is used to describe or modify a noun
quantitative adjective
[noun]
an adjective that provides information about the quantity or amount of a noun
demonstrative adjective
[noun]
an adjective that points to or identifies a specific noun or group of nouns
possessive adjective
[noun]
an adjective that shows ownership or possession of a noun
interrogative adjective
[noun]
an adjective that is used to ask a question about a noun
superlative adjective
[noun]
an adjective that is used to compare three or more entities, indicating that one entity has the highest or lowest degree of a certain quality among all others
participial adjective
[noun]
an adjective that is derived from a verb's participle form and functions as an adjective to modify a noun
compound adjective
[noun]
an adjective that is formed by combining two or more words together to modify a noun
indefinite adjective
[noun]
an adjective that refers to a non-specific or unspecified quantity or quality of a noun
numeral adjective
[noun]
an adjective that indicates a specific number or quantity of something
postpositive adjective
[noun]
an adjective that follows the noun it modifies in a sentence rather than preceding it
gradable adjective
[noun]
an adjective that can be modified by words like "very," "quite," or "extremely" to indicate different degrees or levels of the described quality
ungradable adjective
[noun]
an adjective that does not have degrees or levels of intensity and cannot be modified by words like "very" or "extremely
participle adjective
[noun]
an adjective formed from a verb's participle form that describes a noun or pronoun
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