Introduction to Linguistics|Nouns and Verbs

An introduction to Linguistics:

ý Lexical categories: (N,V,A,Adv,Pre)

§  Comparison:

	Nouns	Verbs
Definition	Refer to objects in the world (Table, Chair, Juice)	Refer to activities (Play, Write, Go)
Forms	Nouns have plural form ( e.g. apple, apples)	Large number of forms Ahmad plays basketball Ahmad is playing basketball Ahmad played basketball Basketball was played
Articles	Preceded by definite or indefinite articles (a/an) (The sun)	Cannot be preceded by such articles
Function	Articles + Nouns function as complement of the verb (argument) The boy went to school This sentence consists of: verb (went) and its arguments (The boy, to, school)	Cannot function as complement of another verb The boy went reading

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