L2-noun教学幻灯片讲义.pptVIP

2 Nouns (章振邦: P53-82) 2.1 DEFINITION Nouns answer What? and Who? They give names to things, people and qualities. dog, man, beauty, truth. 2.2 NOUN CLASSIFICATION NOUNS Proper Common individual collective material abstract 2.3 NOUN GENDER No distinction in English nouns. However, gender is sometimes shown by different forms or different words. Different words: Masculine Feminine man womanfather mother uncle aunt boy girlhusband wife  Different forms: Masculine Feminine actor actressprince princesshero heroine waiter waitress widower widow 2.4 PLU