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* Semantic test:
* Semantic test:
** Nouns name persons, things or places
** Nouns name persons, things or places
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** Nouns can combine with a plural morpheme (-(e)s)
** Nouns can combine with a plural morpheme (-(e)s)
* syntactic test
* syntactic test
** Nouns can occur with the possessive 's, i.e. in the environment:
** Nouns can occur with the possessive 's, i.e. in the environment: __ 's
*__ 's
** Nouns can occur between a determiner and a verb, i.e. in the environment: Det __ V
** Nouns can occur between a determiner and a verb, i.e. in the environment: Det __ V


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Latest revision as of 12:12, 10 October 2018

  • Semantic test:
    • Nouns name persons, things or places
  • morphological test:
    • Nouns can combine with a plural morpheme (-(e)s)
  • syntactic test
    • Nouns can occur with the possessive 's, i.e. in the environment: __ 's
    • Nouns can occur between a determiner and a verb, i.e. in the environment: Det __ V