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pronominal
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pro·nom·i·nal  (pr-nm-nl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or functioning as a pronoun.
2. Resembling a pronoun, as by specifying a person, place, or thing, while functioning primarily as another part of speech. His in his choice is a pronominal adjective.
[Late Latin prnminlis, from Latin prnmen, prnmin-, pronoun; see pronoun.]
pro·nomi·nal·ly adv.
pronominal [prəʊˈnɒmɪnəl]
adj
(Linguistics / Grammar) relating to or playing the part of a pronoun
[from Late Latin prōnōminālis, from prōnōmen a pronoun]
pronominally  adv
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Noun1.pronominal - a phrase that functions as a pronoun
pronominal phrase
phrase - an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
Adj.1.pronominal - relating to pronouns; "pronominal reference"
Translations
pronominal [prəʊˈnɒmɪnl] ADJ → pronominal
pronominal
adj → pronominal
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Limbu language has characteristics of pronominalization and comes under the Tibeto-Burman Himalayan language of the Sino-Tibet family of languages.
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But before we discuss variation in this category, it should be noted that no idioms permit certain transformations such as topicalization (*the bucket he kicked last week), conjunction reduction or pronominalization (*he kicked the bucket and she will kick it too).
Variation in multi-word units: the absent dimension by Abu-Ssaydeh, Abdul-Fattah / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
 
 
 
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