Part of speech named for its function of standing for (‘pro’) the noun. Pronouns form a very heterogeneous group in regard to syntax and semantics. All pronouns share the property of deixis, but differ from nominal expressions in that...

See also cohesion, punctuation A pronoun is a class of word used to stand in for a noun, or for a noun phrase. Often repetition of the name of a person, place or object can be avoided by using a pronoun. For example: ‘Mrs Brown entered the...

// n. The lexical category, or a member of this category, whose members typically function as noun phrases in isolation, not normally requiring or permitting the presence of determiners or other adnominals, and whose members typically have little or no...

// 1. adj. Pertaining to pronouns. 2. n. In GB, any of the various types of NP analysed in that framework as possessing the feature specification [+p] and hence as subject to Principle B of the Binding Theory, by which it must be free in its governing...

In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a pro-form that substitutes for a noun phrase (including a noun phrase consisting of a single noun) with or without a determiner, such as you and they in English. The replaced phrase is the antecedent of the...