Definition
A pronoun is a pro-form which functions like a noun and substitutes for a noun or noun phrase.]
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Discussion
A language may have several classes of pronouns.
Examples
(English)
- Personal pronouns (I, they)
- Reflexive pronouns (herself)
- Demonstrative pronouns (this)
- Interrogative pronouns (who, which) in questions)
- Relative pronouns (who, which in relative clauses)
Sources 4
- Crystal 1980, 287
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 186
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 335
- Mish 1991, 942