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{{Short description|Word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase}}
{{About|a word which is used
In [[linguistics]] and [[grammar]], a '''pronoun''' ([[list of glossing abbreviations|abbreviated]] '''{{sc|pro}}''') is a word or a group of words that one may substitute for a [[noun]] or [[noun phrase]].
Pronouns have traditionally been regarded as one of the [[part of speech|parts of speech]], but some modern theorists would not consider them to form a single class, in view of the variety of functions they perform cross-linguistically. An example of a pronoun is "you", which can be either singular or plural. Subtypes include [[personal pronoun|personal]] and [[possessive pronoun]]s, [[reflexive pronoun|reflexive]] and [[reciprocal pronoun|reciprocal]] pronouns, [[demonstrative pronoun]]s, [[relative pronoun|relative]] and [[interrogative pronoun]]s, and [[indefinite pronoun]]s.<ref name="Bhat">{{cite book|title=Pronouns|url=https://archive.org/details/pronounsoxfordst00bhat|url-access=limited|last=Bhat|first=Darbhe Narayana Shankara|date=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0199230242|edition=Paperback|location=Oxford|pages=[https://archive.org/details/pronounsoxfordst00bhat/page/n13 1]}}</ref>{{rp|1–34}}<ref name=Borjars>{{cite book |last1=Börjars |first1=Kersti |title=Introducing English grammar |date=2010 |publisher=Hodder Education |location=London |isbn=978-1444109870 |edition=2nd |last2=Burridge |first2=Kate |pages=50–57}}</ref>
The use of pronouns often involves [[anaphora (linguistics)|anaphora]], where the meaning of the pronoun is dependent on an [[antecedent (grammar)|antecedent]]. For example, in the sentence ''That poor man looks as if he needs a new coat'', the meaning of the pronoun ''he'' is dependent on its antecedent, ''that poor man''.
The name of the [[adjective]] that belongs with a "pronoun" is called a "'''pronominal'''".{{efn-ua|Not to be confused with ''prenominal'', which means "before the noun". English adjectives are prenominal – ''the '''blue''' house''— and most of the French adjectives are postnominal — ''la maison '''bleue'''''.}} A pronominal is also a word or phrase that acts as a pronoun. For example, in ''That's not the one I wanted'', the phrase ''the one'' (containing the [[prop-word]] ''one'') is a pronominal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://glossary.sil.org/term/pronominal |title=What is a pronominal? |publisher=SIL International |work=Glossary of linguistic terms |last1=Loos |first1=Eugene E. |last2=Anderson
▲The name of the [[adjective]] that belongs with a "pronoun" is called a "'''pronominal'''".{{efn-ua|Not to be confused with ''prenominal'', which means "before the noun". English adjectives are prenominal – ''the '''blue''' house''— and most of the French adjectives are postnominal — ''la maison '''bleue'''''.}} A pronominal is also a word or phrase that acts as a pronoun. For example, in ''That's not the one I wanted'', the phrase ''the one'' (containing the [[prop-word]] ''one'') is a pronominal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://glossary.sil.org/term/pronominal |title=What is a pronominal? |publisher=SIL International |work=Glossary of linguistic terms |last1=Loos |first1=Eugene E. |last2=Anderson boat|first2=Susan |last3=Day |first3=Dwight H. Jr. |last4=Jordan |first4=Paul C. |last5=Wingate |first5=J. Douglas |date=3 December 2015 |access-date=14 November 2018 |archive-date=14 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114141719/https://glossary.sil.org/term/pronominal |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Theory ==
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