Noun
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| - | In linguistics, a noun is a member of a large, open lexical category whose members can occur as the main word in the subject of a clause, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition. | + | In [[linguistics]], a '''noun''' is a member of a large, [[open class (linguistics)|open]] [[lexical category]] whose members can occur as the main word in the [[subject (grammar)|subject]] of a [[clause]], the [[object (grammar)|object]] of a [[verb]], or the object of a [[preposition]] (or put more simply, a noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing or abstract idea).<sup>[]</sup> |
| - | Lexical categories are defined in terms of how their members combine with other kinds of expressions. The syntactic rules for nouns differ from language to language. In English, nouns may be defined as those words which can occur with articles and attributive adjectives and can function as the head of a noun phrase. | + | Lexical categories are defined in terms of how their members combine with other kinds of expressions. The [[syntactic]] rules for nouns differ from language to language. In [[English language|English]], nouns may be defined as those words which can occur with articles and [[adjective|attributive adjectives]] and can function as the [[head (linguistics)|head]] of a [[noun phrase]]. |
| - | In traditional English grammar, the noun is one of the eight parts of speech. | + | In [[traditional grammar|traditional]] English grammar, the noun is one of the eight [[parts of speech]]. |
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In linguistics, a noun is a member of a large, open lexical category whose members can occur as the main word in the subject of a clause, the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition (or put more simply, a noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing or abstract idea).[]
Lexical categories are defined in terms of how their members combine with other kinds of expressions. The syntactic rules for nouns differ from language to language. In English, nouns may be defined as those words which can occur with articles and attributive adjectives and can function as the head of a noun phrase.
In traditional English grammar, the noun is one of the eight parts of speech.
