pronominal

IPA: prɑnˈɑmʌnʌɫ

noun

  • (grammar) A phrase that acts as a pronoun.

adjective

  • (linguistics, grammar) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or functioning as a pronoun.
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Examples of "pronominal" in Sentences

  • Egyptologists, who had even made its name into a kind of pronominal form.
  • Note that (2c) & (2d) are both correct because non-pronominal NPs are “zero-marked” in English.
  • It's necessary to explain the similarities that do exist between these languages, particularly visible in the shared pronominal systems.
  • But we are chiefly concerned with what may be called pronominal variation, in which the word avoided is either a noun or its obvious pronoun substitute.
  • Sadly, no one has a clue as to what the plural pronouns were like and, as far as anyone knows, they aren't attested, so I'm restricted to the singular pronominal paradigm.
  • It is possible linguistically that joint address in the singular form would take the more common, masculine form and be followed by the more common, masculine verb forms and pronominal suffixes.
  • This is phrased in the masculine singular, just as the obligation for the Passover sacrifice in the previous verse has both the verb and the pronominal suffix on “your God” in masculine singular.
  • This gendered argument is bolstered by the verse in Exodus 13: 9 which refers to tefillin as “a sign on your hand” where the masculine pronominal suffix “your hand” (yadekha) is used to exclude women.
  • In a wider sense, the phrase refers to any verb form whose grammatical object is a reflexive pronoun, regardless of semantics; such verbs are also referred to as pronominal verbs, especially in grammars of the Romance languages.

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