Лекции по теоретической грамматике английского языка для студентов
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| 3. Pronoun
(1) The meaning of the pronoun as a separate part of speech is somewhat difficult to define. In fact, some pronouns share essential peculiarities of nouns (e.g. he), while others have much in common with adjectives (e. g. which). This made some scholars think that pronouns were not a separate part of speech at all and should be distributed between nouns and adjectives. However, this view proved untenable and entailed insurmountable difficulties. Hence it has proved necessary to find a definition of the specific meaning of pronouns, distinguishing 21 them from both nouns and adjectives. From this angle the meaning of pronouns as a part of speech can be stated as follows: pronouns point to the things and properties without naming them. Form. As far as form goes pronouns fall into different types. Some of them have the category of number (singular and plural), e. g. this , while others have no such category, e. g. somebody . Again, some pronouns have the category of case (he — him, somebody — somebody's ), while others have none ( something ). Function. (a) Some pronouns combine with verbs (he speaks, find him), while others can also combine with a following noun ( this room ). (b) In the sentence, some pronouns may be the subject (he, what) or the object, while others are the attribute ( my ). Pronouns can be predicatives. жүктеу/скачать 0,5 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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