noun (Q15618)
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a term
- Substantive
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | noun |
a term |
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part of speech in grammar denoting a figurative or real thing or person
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A substantive is a member of the syntactic class in which the names of physical, concrete, relatively unchanging experiences are most typically found whose members may act as subjects and objects, and most of whose members have inherently determined grammatical gender (in languages which inflect for gender) [Crystal 1997,264; Givon 1984,51-52; Payne 1997,33].
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21 August 2021
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