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A Few Words on Nouns Class 11English#4 Name 沈鸣宇 Content Introduction Main body Conclusion Reference Introduction In grammar learning, Nouns is always the first section to present to the English learners. So it demonstrates the significance of having a good understanding of Nouns. So today I will give a few words on Nouns in a more cognitive way. “Noun” parallels “thing” in the conceptual category. And things can be divided into two main classes. One is objects and the other is substances. We are going to talk about how to distinguish objects from substances and the blending of objects and substances: Hybrid nouns. Main body Firstly, let us talk about the distinction between two classes of things, objects and substances, which parallel count nouns and mass nouns, respectively. Examples of objects are “car”, “lake”, and “gold nugget”; examples of substances are “traffic”, “water”, and “gold dust”. Actually, we can distinguish objects from substances in three main criteria: boundedness, internal composition, and countability. As for boundedness, things such as car have clear outlines and appear to us as discrete, individuated objects while substances such as water have no inherent boundaries and are continuous rather than discrete and individuated. The boundedness is thus a useful rule to distinguish objects from substances. As for internal composition, things whose internal compositions are heterogeneous are seen as objects and therefore coded as count nouns while whose internal compositions are homogeneous are seen as substances and therefore coded as mass nouns. For example, a car is composed of many different parts and they function in an integrated way. If any useful parts are moved, it will be no longer a car and it