This document discusses various types of pronouns in English including personal pronouns, possessive pronouns, reflexive pronouns, indefinite pronouns, and demonstrative pronouns. It explains the subject and object forms of personal pronouns and provides examples. Possessive pronouns are discussed in terms of their determiner and pronominal functions. The uses of the 's possessive form and the of possessive form are outlined. Reflexive pronouns, indefinite pronouns, and demonstrative pronouns are also defined.

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Meilena
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Septy Riani Pangindoman
Susilawati

2.  Personal Pronoun
 Possessive Pronoun
 The possessive (genetive)
 Function of The possessive forms
 Reflexive Pronoun
 Indifinite Pronoun
 Demonstrative Pronoun

3.  Subject and object forms of the personal pronoun in English:
 Both subject and object forms are used to refer to noun
phrases which have been previously mentioned or which can
be inffered from the context.
Subject Object
Singular Plural Singular Plural
1st person I We Me Us
2nd person You You You You
3rd person She/He/It They Her/him/it them

4.  Subject pronouns function as subject in sentences.
Amos felt sad. He wanted to go. (i.e., Amos wanted to go.)
 Object pronoun function as direct or indirect objects,
or as objects of prepositions.
Joan entered the room. Anthony gave her the message. (i.e.,
Anthony gave Joan the message.)

5.  The two functions of possessive pronouns:
 They can serve as a possessive determiner before a
noun phrase.
This is Sheila’s book This is her book
 They can replace the NP inflected for possession.
This book is Sheila’s This book is hers

6.  Two different forms of possesive pronouns.
Determiner Function Pronominal Function
Singular Plural Singular Plural
1st person My Our Mine Ours
2nd person Your Your Yours Yours
3rd person Her/his/its Their Her/his Theirs

7.  The two other major ways of signaling possession in English
 By inflecting regular singular noun and irregular plural
nouns not ending in s with ‘s:
The baby’s crib The women’s room The mice’s house
 By adding an apostrophe (‘) after the s ending of regular
plural nouns and singular forms that already end in the
sound s
The boys’ trip Kansas’ farmlands All doctors’ advice

8.  Another way is by using the of possessive form
where the possessor and things possessed are
inverted.
The man’s name The name of the man
The book’s price The price of the book

9. The use of the ‘s form:
 The human head noun (animate);
Martine’s husband
 The human head noun when the modifier noun is long;
He’s the son of the well-known politician
was preffered
He’s the well known politician’s son
 Double possessives; Hank’s brother’s car
 Nouns of special interest to human activity; The game’s history
 Natural phenomena; The earth’s gravity

10. The use of the of form:
 Non human head noun
the end of the road
 The head noun was inanimate
The train’s arrival was delayed
was preferred over
The arrival of the train was delayed
 Preferred in all other instances, most commonly with lifeless
things
He stood at the bed’s foot
was preffered over
He stood at the foot of the bed

11.  Description
a debtor’s prison = a prison for debtors
 Amount/Quantity
one month’s rent = the amount of rent for a month
 Relationship/Association
John’s roomate = the person who rooms with John
 Part/Whole
my brother’s hand
my father’s eyes
 Origin Agent
shakespeare’s tragedies = the tragic plays that shakespeare wrote

12.  The reflexive pronouns form:
Singular Plural
1st person Myself Ourselves
2nd person Yourself Yourselves
3rd person Herself, himself, itself Themselves

13.  The so-called indifinite pronouns occur as a compound forms:
 Body and one mean “person” in general. Thing refers to an
inanimate or abstract concept, or to entity no definitely
identifiable as a person.
 All the compound indefinite pronouns require singular verb.
Everyone has his own way of doing things.
Some Any No Every
-body Somebody Anybody Nobody Everybody
-one Someone Anyone No one Everyone
-thing Something Anything Nothing Everything

14.  The demonstrative determiners of English vary along two
dimensions; distance and number.
 The demonstrative determiners of English can also function as
pronouns and represent an entire NP.
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Number
Distance
Singular Plural
Near This These
Far That Those

15. (s)
(ones)
 Another and other can function as singular and indifinite, e.g:
You’ve had only one cookie would you like another (one) ?
 The other can function as definite singular pronoun, e.g:
You’ve only eaten one of the two Aren’t you going to eat the other (one)?
I gave you.
 Others, Other ones, the others and the other ones can
functions as either an indifinite or a definite plural pronoun,
e.g:
The apples are sour. I have bought at this store have been sweeter
The red apples are sweet. The are sour.