THE NOUN : GENDER

THE NOUN : GENDER

YOU KNOW THAT LIVING BEING ARE OF EITHER MALE OR FEMALE SEX .

NOW COMPARE THE WORDS IN THE FOLLOWING PAIRS :-

BOY             LION                  HERO 

GIRL .           LIONESS       HEROINE 

WHAT DO YOU  NOTICE?

THE FIRST WORD OF EACH PAIR IS THE NAME OF MALE ANIMAL.

THE SECOND WORD OF EACH PAIR IS THE NAME OF FEMALE ANIMAL.

                 A NOUN THAT DENOTES A MALE ANIMAL IS SAID TO BE OF MASCULINE

GENDER [GENDER COMES FROM LATIN GENUS, KIND OR  SORT] 

                 A NOUN THAT DENOTES A FEMALE ANIMAL IS SAID TO BE OF THE FEMININE GENDER.

                A NOUN DENOTES EITHER MALE OR FEMALE IS SAID TO BE COMMON GENDER AS

PARENT ,CHILD,FRIEND ,PUPIL,SERVANT,THIEF,RELATION, ENEMY, COUSIN.........

               A NOUN THAT DENOTES  THE THING THAT IS NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE

(THAT IS THING WITHOUT LIFE) IS SAID TO BE OF NEUTER GENDER 

AS, 

BOOK ,PEN ,ROOM ,TREE

IT WILL BE THUS SEEN THAT IN THE MODERN ENGLISH THE GENDER OF A NOUN 

IS ENTIRELY A MATTER OF SEX OR THE ABSENCE OF THE SEX IT HAS NOTHING TO DO  WITH THE FORM OF A NOUN , WHICH DETERMINES  ITS GENDER IN MANY OTHER LANGUAGES , EXAMPLE IN URDU WHERE" BAGICHE " IS THE MASCULINE AND LAKRI IS FEMININE 

NOTE :- COLLECTIVE NOUNS, EVEN WHEN THEY DENOTE LIVING BEINGS,ARE  CONSIDERED TO BE OF THE NEUTER GENDER

             YOUNG CHILDREN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS ARE ALSO REFERRED TO AS OF THE NEUTER GENDER.

OBJECTS WITHOUT LIFE  ARE OFTEN PERSONIFIED , THAT IS , SPOKEN OF AS IF THEY WERE LIVING BEINGS .WE THEN REGARD THEM AS A MALE OR FEMALES.

                           

                                 THE MASCULINE GENDER IS OFTEN APPLIED TO OBJECTS REMARKABLE FOR BEAUTY ,GENTLENESS, GRACEFULNESS,STRENGTH AND VIOLENCE 

CREDIT :- BY WREN AND MARTIN 

REVISED BY N.D.V. PRASADA RAO

A.N.KAPOOR AND R.K.JAIN

NOUN :- KINDS OF NOUN

NOUN: KINDS OF NOUN

A NOUN IS A WORD USED AS A NAME OF A PERSON, PLACE OR THING. 

NOTE :- THE WORD USED TO MEAN ANYTHING THAT WE CAN THINK OF.

LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE :- 

ASOKA WAS A WISE KING 

THE NOUN ASOKA REFERS TO A PARTICULAR KING , BUT THE NOUN KING MIGHT BE APPLIED TO ANY OTHER KING AS WELL AS TO ASOKA WE CALL ASOKA  A PROPER NOUN, AND KING A COMMON NOUN

*WHAT IS A COMMON NOUN? 

COMMON NOUN IS A WORD OR NAME GIVEN TO EVERY PERSON OR THING OF THE SAME CLASS OR KIND 

*WHAT IS PROPER NOUN?

IT IS THE NAME OF SOME PARTICULAR PERSON OR PLACE 

NOTE 1:- PROPER NOUN IS ALWAYS WRITTEN IN CAPITAL LETTER AT THE BEGINNING 

NOTE :- PROPER NOUNS ARE SOMETIMES USED AS A COMMON NOUNS;AS

EXAMPLE:-

*HE WAS THE LUKMAN (=THE WISEST MAN)OF HIS AGE.

COMMON NOUNS INCLUDE WHAT ARE CALLED COLLECTIVE NOUNS AND ABSTRACT NOUNS

*WHAT ARE COLLECTIVE NOUNS?

IT IS THE NAME OF A NUMBER ( OR COLLECTION ) OF PERSONS OR THINGS TAKEN TOGETHER AND SPOKEN OF AS ONE WHOLE ;AS 

EXAMPLE:- CROWD,MOB,TEAM,FLOCK,HERD,ARMY,FLEET,JURY,FAMILY,NATION,PARLIMENT,

COMMITTEE 

* WHAT ARE ABSTRACT NOUNS?

IT IS USUALLY THE NAME OF A QUALITY ACTION STATE CONSIDERED APART FROM THE OBJECT TO WHICH IT BELONGS ;AS.

QUALITY -- GOODNESS,KINDNESS,WHITENESS,DARKNESS, HARDNESS,BRIGHTNESS,HONESTY,WIDSOME, BRAVERY

THE NAMES ARTS AND SCIENCE ARE ALSO ABSTRACT NOUNS

CREDIT:- BY WREN AND MARTIN
REVISED BY ND RAO