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What is the general function of a noun?
To name a specific object or set of objects
What is the Ancient Greek equivalent for the term 'noun'?
Ὄνομα
What are the syntactic rules for nouns based on?
The language they are used in
What is one characteristic of nouns in English?
They can occur with articles and attributive adjectives
Who described word classes (parts of speech) as early as the 5th century BC?
Yāska
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