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Syntax » Focus & Content » Traditional Grammar » Parts of Speech » The Noun

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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

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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