On the “peculiarity” of the pronoun as an independent part of speech

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Doklady Bashkirskogo Universiteta. 2025. Volume 10. No. 2. pp. 121-129.

Authors

Zakiryanov K. Z.*
Ufa University of Science and Technology
32 Zaki Validi st., 450076 Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia

Abstract

The article examines the semantic and grammatical features of the pronoun as a unique independent nominal part of speech. Unlike other nominal parts of speech, pronouns do not name objects, their characteristics and quantity, but only point to them - they perform a demonstrative function. Pronominal words, as substitutes for nominal parts of speech, acquire the grammatical characteristics of the corresponding parts of speech. The article highlights the unique functioning of individual pronominal words of different categories.

Keywords

  • independent (nominal) part of speech
  • nominal parts of speech
  • noun pronouns
  • adjective pronouns
  • numeral pronouns
  • pronoun categories
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