Pronoun
Pronoun
A pronoun is a pro-form which functions like a noun and substitutes for a noun or noun phrase.
A language may have several classes of pronouns.
(English)
- Personal pronouns (I, they)
- Reflexive pronouns (herself)
- Demonstrative pronouns (this)
- Interrogative pronouns (who, which) in questions)
- Relative pronouns (who, which in relative clauses)
Page/s: 335
Source: Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985
Quirk, Randolph, S. Greenbaum, G. Leech, and J. Svartvik. 1985.A comprehensive grammar of the English language. London: Longman.
Page/s: 942
Source: Mish 1991
Mish, Frederick (editor). 1991.Webster's ninth new collegiate dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. 1,564 pages. 0877795088; indexed 0877795096; deluxe 087779510X.
Page/s: 186
Source: Hartmann and Stork 1972
Hartmann, R.R.K., and F.C. Stork. 1972.Dictionary of language and linguistics. London: Applied Science.
Page/s: 287
Source: Crystal 1980
Crystal, David. 1980.A first dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. Boulder, CO: Westview.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Pro-Form
Related terms
- RT⇆ Case
- RT⇆ Closed Class
- RT⇆ Collective Noun
- RT⇆ Demonstrative
- RT⇆ Descriptive Text
- RT⇆ First Person Deixis
- RT⇆ Narrative Discourse
- RT⇆ Noun
- RT⇆ Noun Phrase
- RT⇆ Number
- RT⇆ Person Deixis
- RT⇆ Possessive Pronoun
- RT⇆ Postpositional Phrase
- RT⇆ Prepositional Phrase
- RT⇆ Procedural Discourse
- RT⇆ Pronominal
- RT⇆ Quantifier
- RT⇆ Reference
- RT⇆ Referent Honorific
- RT⇆ Relational Social Deixis
- RT⇆ Relative Clause
- RT⇆ Reverential Form
- RT⇆ Semantic Role
- RT⇆ Status
- RT⇆ Substantive
- RT⇆ Superior Status
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/pronoun
