Noun

NOUN 

posted by : Sri Utami Ridwan 

A noun (from Latin nōmen, literally meaning "name")is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas.Linguistically, a noun is a member of a large, open part of speech 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.

Lexical categories (parts of speech) are defined in terms of the ways in which their members combine with other kinds of expressions. The syntactic rules for nouns differ from language to language. In English, nouns are those words which can occur with articles and attributive adjectives and can function as the head of a noun phrase.

This part of a speech refers to words that are used to name persons, things, animals, places, ideas, or events. Nouns are the simplest among the 8 parts of speech, which is why they are the first ones taught to students in primary school.

Examples:

·         Tom Hanks is very versatile.

·         The italicized noun refers to a name of a person.

·         Dogs can be extremely cute.

·         In this example, the italicized word is considered a noun because it names an animal.

·         It is my birthday.

·         The word “birthday” is a noun which refers to an event.

There are different types of nouns namely:

·         Proper– proper nouns always start with a capital letter and refers to specific names of persons, places, or things.

Examples: Volkswagen Beetle, Shakey’s Pizza, Game of Thrones

·         Common– common nouns are the opposite of proper nouns. These are just generic names of persons, things, or places.

Examples: car, pizza parlor, TV series

·         Concrete– this kind refers to nouns which you can perceive through your five senses.

Examples: folder, sand, board

·         Abstract- unlike concrete nouns, abstract nouns are those which you can’t perceive through your five senses.

Examples: happiness, grudge, bravery

·         Count– it refers to anything that is countable, and has a singular and plural form.

Examples:  kitten, video, ball

·         Mass– this is the opposite of count nouns. Mass nouns are also called non-countable nouns, and they need to have “counters” to quantify them.

Examples of Counters: kilo, cup, meter

Examples of Mass Nouns: rice, flour, garter

·         Collective– refers to a group of persons, animals, or things.

Example: faculty (group of teachers), class (group of students), pride (group of lions)

Sumber:

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