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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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compound noun

(grammar) a noun that is formed by two or more words

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count noun

(grammar) a noun that forms a plural and a singular

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non-count noun

(grammar) a noun with no plural form, which cannot be used with indefinite articles

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reflexive pronoun

a type of pronoun that refers back to the subject of the sentence and indicates that the subject performs an action on itself

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concrete noun

a type of noun that represents a physical, tangible entity or object, typically something that can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, or tasted

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abstract noun

(grammar) a noun that denotes a general quality or an idea, rather than a physical object or real world event

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proper noun

(grammar) the name of a place, person, country, etc. with its first letter capitalized

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common noun

(grammar) a noun that refers to an object or a concept in a category but not to a specific one

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dummy pronoun

a pronoun that serves as a grammatical placeholder or filler in a sentence, having no specific referential meaning but fulfilling syntactic requirements

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collective noun

(grammar) a singular noun that refers to a group of things or individuals

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appositive 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

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verbal noun

a noun derived from a verb that retains some characteristics of the verb while functioning as a noun, often expressing the action or the result of the verb

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possessive 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

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personal pronoun

(grammar) a pronoun that refers to a person or group mentioned before or realized from the context such as 'I', 'you', 'they', etc. in English

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adverbial 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

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adverbial genitive

a noun in the genitive case that functions as an adverbial modifier

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predicate noun

a noun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject of a sentence, providing more information about it

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agent 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, identifying the doer or agent of the action

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interrogative pronoun

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"

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demonstrative pronoun

a type of pronoun that points to or identifies a specific person, object, or location, indicating proximity or distance in relation to the speaker or the context

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reciprocal pronoun

a type of pronoun that expresses a mutual or reciprocal relationship between two or more entities, indicating that the action or relationship is shared or reciprocated, such as "each other" or "one another"

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relative pronoun

a type of pronoun that introduces a subordinate clause and relates it to a noun or pronoun in the main clause, serving as a connector between the two clauses, such as "who," "whom," "whose," "which," or "that"

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intensive pronoun

a pronoun that emphasizes or intensifies the noun or pronoun it refers to, typically reflecting back on the subject of the sentence

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subject pronoun

a type of pronoun that replaces a noun as the subject of a sentence

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object pronoun

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

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indefinite pronoun

a pronoun that refers to a non-specific or unidentified person, thing, or amount, conveying a sense of ambiguity or lack of specificity

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impersonal pronoun

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

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archaic pronoun

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

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distributive pronoun

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

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possessive pronoun

a pronoun that shows ownership or possession, indicating that something belongs to someone or something

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nominal adjective

an adjective that functions as a noun, representing a person, thing, or concept, taking on the role of a noun in a sentence

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predicate adjective

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

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coordinate adjective

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

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descriptive adjective

an adjective that provides information about the quality, characteristic, or attribute of a noun

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evaluative adjective

an adjective that expresses a judgment or evaluation about the noun it modifies, indicating a subjective opinion or value judgment

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proper adjective

an adjective that is derived from a proper noun and is used to describe or modify a noun

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quantitative adjective

an adjective that provides information about the quantity or amount of a noun

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demonstrative adjective

an adjective that points to or identifies a specific noun or group of nouns

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possessive adjective

an adjective that shows ownership or possession of a noun

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interrogative adjective

an adjective that is used to ask a question about a noun

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comparative adjective

an adjective that is used to compare two entities, indicating that one entity has a greater or lesser degree of a certain quality than the other

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superlative adjective

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

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compound adjective

an adjective that is formed by combining two or more words together to modify a noun

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indefinite adjective

an adjective that refers to a non-specific or unspecified quantity or quality of a noun

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numeral adjective

an adjective that indicates a specific number or quantity of something

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postpositive adjective

an adjective that follows the noun it modifies in a sentence rather than preceding it

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gradable adjective

an adjective that can be modified by words like "very," "quite," or "extremely" to indicate different degrees or levels of the described quality

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ungradable adjective

an adjective that does not have degrees or levels of intensity and cannot be modified by words like "very" or "extremely

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participle adjective

an adjective formed from a verb's participle form that describes a noun or pronoun

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gerund

(grammar) a form of a verb that functions as a noun and is formed by adding the suffix -ing to the base form of the verb

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