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Glossary 6.9 Glossary
- Antecedent.
The noun phrase that a pronoun refers to.
- Article.
A determiner that marks definiteness “
the” or indefiniteness (
a,
an).
- Closed class.
A word class with fixed membership that rarely accepts new words.
- Demonstrative.
A word that points to specific entities (
this,
that,
these,
those).
- Determiner.
A closed-class word that introduces a noun phrase and specifies reference.
- Indefinite pronoun.
A pronoun referring to unspecified entities (
someone,
everyone).
- Interrogative pronoun.
A pronoun used in questions (
who,
what,
which).
- Object of preposition.
The NP that follows and completes a preposition.
- Personal pronoun.
A pronoun indicating person, number, case, and (in 3rd person) gender.
- Possessive.
A form indicating ownership; can be determiner “
my” or pronoun “
mine”.
- Preposition.
A closed-class word showing relationships, taking an NP complement to form a PP.
- Prepositional phrase (PP).
A phrase consisting of a preposition and its object NP.
- Pronoun.
A closed-class word that replaces a noun phrase.
- Quantifier.
A determiner indicating amount or quantity (
some,
all,
many).
- Reflexive pronoun.
A pronoun ending in “
-self/-selves” that refers back to the subject.
