9 Questions
What is a noun?
A word that functions as a name for a specific object or set of objects
What is the role of articles and attributive adjectives in relation to nouns in English?
They can occur with nouns
What is the history of word classes (parts of speech) according to the text?
They were described by Sanskrit grammarians from at least the 5th century BC
Which language makes a grammatical distinction that looks like a noun verb distinction?
Sanskrit
Which of the following is NOT a function of a noun?
Describing an action
What is the role of articles and attributive adjectives in relation to nouns in English?
They modify the noun in a sentence
Which of the following is a correct definition of a noun?
A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects
What is the role of syntactic rules in relation to nouns?
Syntactic rules for nouns are different between languages
What is the equivalent of the noun in Ancient Greek?
ὄνομα
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