Syntactic Theory
The Noun
Tests to identify nouns
- semantic test:
- Nouns name persons, things or places
- morphological test:
- Nouns can combine with a plural morpheme (-(e)s)
- syntactic test
- Nouns can occur with the possessive 's, i.e. in the environment:
__ 's - Nouns can occur between a determiner and a verb, i.e. in the environment:
Det __ V
- Nouns can occur with the possessive 's, i.e. in the environment:
Here is an exercise to work with these tests and to get a feel for potential problems. Identifying nouns.
Or continue here to learn about problems with these definitions.
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