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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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