Semantics and structural types of pronoun

SEMANTICS AND STRUCTURAL TYPES OF PRONOUN

CONTENTS


Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
Chapter I. What Are Personal Pronouns?---------------------------------------------4
1.1. Subject and object pronouns-----------------------------------------------------------4
1.2.Comprehensive Personal Pronouns List---------------------------------------------11
Chapter II. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement------------------------------------------8
2.1. Use of Personal Pronouns-------------------------------------------------------------13
2.2. Subject and object pronouns----------------------------------------------------------16


Conclusion--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------29
Used literature---------------------------------------------------------------------------------30

INTRODUCTION

A personal pronoun is a monosyllabic word that is used as a substitute for a proper noun that repeats itself in a particular context. A personal pronoun indicates the number and gender of the corresponding noun.
The Cambridge Dictionary defines a personal pronoun as ‘a word such as “I”, “you”, and “they”, that refers to a person in speech or in writing’; and according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a personal pronoun is ‘a pronoun (such as I, you, or they) that expresses a distinction of person’.
The Collins Dictionary provides a more elaborate definition of personal pronouns. According to them, ‘a personal pronoun is a pronoun such as ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘she’, or ‘they’ which is used to refer to the speaker or the person spoken to, or to a person or thing whose identity is clear, usually because they have already been mentioned.’
Personal Pronouns can be broadly classified into three main categories – the first person pronoun, the second person pronoun and the third person pronoun. These pronouns are used in the nominative and objective format and in the singular and plural forms.