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harm ? B. water。 hero ? B. Negroes。 a shoal of fish。 a peal of applause / laughter / thunder。 a bucket of water / milk。 a bundle of keys / sticks / firewood。 an article of furniture。 P51 Some English nouns such as family, room, mouth, ear, etc. seem to be only countable nouns. However, they can express abstract senses in certain collocations: to have too much family(= too heavy family burden) to have too much winter(= a too long spell of cold weather) to have too much mouth(= to talk too much) to have too little ear(= to be not inclined to listen to others) to have room for(= to have a need for) to feel the patriot rise(= to feel the patriotic feelings rise) Some English nouns (fool, man, coward, coquette, scholar, poet, politician, sportsman, etc.) that are usually countable can bee uncountable when referring to people’s features: to be fool enough (= to be foolish enough)。 kindness – kindnesses。 egg – eggs。Lecture 4 Noun and Noun Phrase Classification of Nouns Number Forms of Nouns (名詞的數(shù) ) Unit Noun (Partitive) (單位名詞 ) Function of Noun Phrases Classification of Nouns Word formation Lexical meaning Grammatical form Simple nouns Compound nouns Derivative nouns Common nouns Proper nouns Countable nouns Uncountable nouns ? Simple nouns: a noun that contains only one free morpheme. man, chair, land, ship, water, gas, faith… ? Compound nouns: a noun that is posed of two or more morphemes. armchair, farmland, seaside, fetmenot… ? Derivative nouns: a noun that es from a verb, an adjective or a simple noun with affix. arrangement, greatness, ability, expectation… P41 Common Noun 個體名詞 Individual Noun (boy, house, tiger, insect) 集體名詞 Collective Noun (family, team, cattle, police) 物質(zhì)名詞 Material Noun (air, snow, bread, rice) 抽象名詞 Abstract Noun (glory, honesty, failure, education) Proper Noun A proper noun is a name used for a particular person, place or thing, and spelt with a capital initial letter. Anderson, China, San Francisco, British Airways,