Pronoun

Question 0

Pronoun classes are…..

Answer 0

1) Personal Pronouns
2) Demonstrative Pronouns
3) Indefinite Pronouns
4) Relative Pronouns
5) Interrogative pronouns
6) Reflexive Pronouns

Question 1

What is a Pronoun?

Answer 1

A finite group of words that can replace a noun.
A closed- class of words (there only a couple of them)
Pronoun remove the repetition of nouns.

Question 2

Personal Pronouns

Answer 2

The replace nouns that represent persons or entities

Question 3

What are the forms of personal pronoun?

Answer 3

1) Number
- singular/plural
2) Gender
- masculine/feminine/neuter
3) Case
- Nominative/subjective (person or thing doing the action)
- First Person: I (singular) We (plural)
- Second Person: You (Both singular and plural)
- Third Person: He, she, It (singular) They (plural)

- Objective (person or thing receiving the action) 
	- First person: Me (singular) Us (plural) 
	- Second Person: You (both singular and plural)
	- Third Person: Him, her, it (singular) them (plural) 

- Possessive (signify ownership) 
	- First person: my/mine (singular) our/ours (plural) 
	- Second person: you/yours (both singular and plural) 
	- Third person: His/ her/hers/ its (singular) 
				their/theirs (plural)

Question 4

Reflexive Pronouns

Answer 4

Used when a person or entity preforms an action on his-, her-, or itself.

Add -self or selves to personal pronouns (ex: himself)

Question 5

Demonstrative Pronouns

Answer 5

Can function as pronouns or adjectives. They identify or highlight a particular antecedent. (grammatical pointers)

Four demonstrative pronouns:

1) Near the speaker: this (singular) these (plural)
2) Away from the speaker: that (singular) those (plural)

Question 6

Indefinite Pronouns

Answer 6

Can function as pronouns or adjectives. They have general and unstated referents. (not exact)

Ex: nobody (general or nonexistent group)

Question 7

Relative Pronouns

Answer 7

1) Refer to a noun or a pronouns

2) Embed or conjoin a portion of the sentence via subordination. (ex: who or whom)

Question 8

Interrogative Pronouns

Answer 8

Can be used as pronouns or adjective. Used to ask questions or wh-questions.

Ex: Which do you prefer?

Question 9

Developmental Notes

Answer 9

• Pronouns use emerges between 12 and 26 months.

- Mastery of pronouns continues to development through adolescence.

Question 10

Order of Acquisition (developmental notes)

Answer 10

Nominal (nouns) to pronominal
Self (ex: I,me) to Person in proximity (ex: you)
Subjective (ex: he) to Objective (ex: him)
Possessives (ex:her) to reflexives (herself)

Question 11

Karmiloff-Smith (1986) three developmental stages with respect to pronoun use are…….

Answer 11

In storytelling (narrative production):

1) Stage one (2-5 years): rare use of pronouns to link sentences
2) Stage two (5-8 years): main character is referred with a pronoun (not the case for less important characters)
3) Stage three (8+ years): use of pronouns for all characters