What is an abstract noun?
• Concept module: abstract noun • In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): A • In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor) • In bookshelf: Linguistics This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003. [Ordering information.
There are diffrent types of nouns. All types of nouns follow the same grammar rules. When most people think of nouns, they think of people, places and things but abstract nouns are the opposite. Abstract nouns is something that can’t be sensed by our five senses (smell, touth, hear, see or taste). Abstract nouns are nouns that: • Abstract nouns are any nouns that can’t be touched, tasted, seen, heard or smelt or felt. • Abstract nouns usually represent feeling, ideas and qualities. • Abstract nouns can be singular nouns and plural nouns. • Abstract nouns can be countable or uncountable.