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PRP

PRP

8.9
A label for words like he or she that replace a person's name
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : pronombre personal
  • The teacher explained that a PRP is a personal pronoun that replaces nouns.

Examples

  • If you want to refer to someone without using their name, you can use a PRP like 'he' or 'she'.

  • The former is further controlled by the availability of PRPs at the soma and by the states of locally available motor proteins and cytoskeleton filaments.

    Academic text (2017)

  • In grammar, PRP is used to label words like 'he', 'she', and 'they'.

Synonyms

pronoun
vsPRP
34 1.0

A word that replaces a noun, for example he, she, or it

is the short form specifically for words that refer to people by person
personal pronoun
vsPRP
  • Specialized
1 1.0

A word that refers to a person or thing, for example I, you, he, she

is the grammatical abbreviation used to label such words

Surface Forms

PRP singular
PRPs plural

Morphology

PRP = P + R + P

PRP functions as an abbreviation for 'personal pronoun'; learners cannot derive this grammatical meaning from the letters alone.

Etymology

PRP is an abbreviation for personal pronoun, the grammar label for words like 'he', 'she', or 'they' that stand in for people. So when you see PRP in a grammar book, it marks words that replace names.