Name is nominal. Characteristics and examples

Simple he and definition. In fact, the name is nominative - these are words that indicate people, animals, objects, abstract ideas and concepts. These do not include words meaning the names of people, names of places, countries, cities, etc. These nouns belong to the type of names of their own.

Thus, the country is the name of the nominal, and Russia is the name of its own. Puma is the name of the wild animal, and in this case the noun the Puma is the name of the nominal one. And as the name of a well-known company, which produces sportswear and shoes, PUMA is your own name.

Even in the first half of the last century, the word "Apple" was unthinkable in using the name of his own. It was used in the original meaning: that is, an apple, fruit, an apple tree fruit. Now Apple is a noun and own, and nominal.

It happened after a non-successful three-month search by partners with a suitable name for the company, when, desperate, the founder of the firm Steve Jobs decided to call it in honor of his beloved fruit. The name has become a truly iconic American brand producing tablet computers, phone numbers, software.

Examples of nominal nouns

Find examples of nominal names will not be any difficulty. Let's start with the household items around us. Imagine: You wake up in the morning. What do you see by opening your eyes? Of course, alarm clock. The alarm clock is an item that wakes us in the morning, and from a linguistic point of view - the name is nominal. Coming out of the house, you meet a neighbor. On the street a lot of hurrying people. You notice that the sky frowned. Sit on the bus and go to the office. Neighbor, People, Sky, Office, Bus, Street - Made Names

Types of nominal nouns

In a Russian language, the name is nominalized by 4 main types:

1. Specific concepts (people, animals, objects, plants). This is the designations of items / persons in the singular: student, neighbor, classmate, seller, driver, cat, cougar, house, table, apple. Such nouns can be combined with
2. Abstract concepts. This type of nouns with an abstract abstract value. They can designate phenomena, scientific concepts, characteristics, condition, quality: peace, war, friendship, suspicion, danger, kindness, relativity.
3. Real names of nouns. As can be seen from the name, these nouns denote substances, substances. These may include medicinal products, food products, chemical elements, building materials, coal, oil, oil, aspirin, flour, sand, oxygen, silver.
4. Collective nouns. These nouns are a set of persons or objects consisting in unity and related to a certain conceptual category: moshcar, infantry, foliage, relatives, youth, people. Such nouns are used, as a rule, in the singular. Often combined with words a lot (little), little: a lot of midges, little youth. Some of them can be used in the people - nations.