Descriptive Grammar – 2S, 2016 Mrs. Belén Berríos Droguett Pronouns (pn) Descriptive Grammar – 2S, 2016 Mrs. Belén Berríos Droguett

Function Pronouns are words considered close in shape to a N or NP, with the difference that they have a general or unspecific meaning Since they are (mostly) obligatory in NPs, they can be considered head of these. However, they are closed/limited in that they cannot have modifiers They usually refer to an element mentioned before or substitute a NP (in the case of proper names for example) For further examples look at the two list uploaded to the platform

Form Pronouns and determiners can be overlapped or confused in their function, since most of them share their form. To see the difference between one and the other is shown in the context of a sentence: That child is messy – a determiner That is a great idea – a pronoun

Form Class of Pronoun Example Personal Pronoun We, she Possessive Pronoun My, hers Reflexive Pronoun Itself, themselves Demonstrative Pronoun These, that Reciprocal Pronoun Each other, one another Interrogative Pronoun Why, how Relative Pronoun Which, who Indefinite Pronoun Some, none

Form The first three classes make a distinction between person, gender and number These classes also share the sounds/spelling, adding simply some suffixes to differentiate between one type or the other (he, his, himself/they, their, themselves) For further explanation on these classes go to AITEG pages 100 to 106