Pronoun
A pronoun is an anaphor that is a function word.
- AKA: Grammatical Noun.
- Context:
- It can (typically) take the place of a nearby preceding Noun.
- It can be a Deidic Pronoun (expresses the identity of the Utterer or Addressee) or an Anaphoric Pronoun.
- It can be a Personal Pronoun, a Demonstrative Pronoun, a Reflexive Pronoun or a Possesive Pronoun.
- It can be Tagged with a Part of Speech Role.
- It typically has few letters.
- Example(s):
- “her”, as in "[Cathy] went to [her] reunion by herself." is a Personal Pronoun.
- “herself”, as in "[Cathy] went to her reunion by [herself]."
- “I”, as in "".
- “you”, as in "...".
- A Reflexive Pronoun
- A Reciprocal Pronoun.
- A Possessive Pronoun.
- A Demonstrative Pronoun.
- A Relative Pronoun.
- An Interrogative Pronoun
- An Indefinite pronouns.
- An Expletive Pronoun.
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Cataphor, Grammatical Verb, Prop-Word, Part of Speech, Reciprocal Pronoun.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/pronoun Retrieved:2016-3-28.
- In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase. It is a particular case of a pro-form.
Pronouns have traditionally been regarded as one of the parts of speech, but some modern theorists would not consider them to form a single class, in view of the variety of functions they perform. Subtypes include personal pronouns, reflexive and reciprocal pronouns, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, relative pronouns, interrogative pronouns, and indefinite pronouns.
The use of pronouns often involves anaphora, where the meaning of the pronoun is dependent on an antecedent. This applies especially to third-person personal pronouns, and to relative pronouns. For example, in the sentence That poor man looks as if he needs a new coat, the antecedent of the pronoun he is the noun phrase that poor man.
The adjective associated with pronoun is pronominal. A pronominal is also a word or phrase that acts as a pronoun. For example, in That's not the one I wanted, the phrase the one (containing the prop-word one) is a pronominal.
- In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase. It is a particular case of a pro-form.
2009
- WordNet.
- a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
- (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoun
- In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a pro-form that substitutes for a noun phrase (including a noun phrase consisting of a single noun) with or without a determiner, such as ' and ' in English. The replaced phrase is the antecedent of the pronoun. ...
- Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pronoun
- A type of noun that refers anaphorically to another noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes ...