Pronoun

A Pronoun is a _Part of Speech_ substituted in the Place of a _Noun_, to avoid the frequent and disagreeable Repetition of the same Word; as

A Short System of English Grammar For the Use of the Boarding School in Worcester (1759) Henry Bate

A Pronoun is a word that indicates something without naming it.

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

YON: Pronoun, meaning that person or thing over there.

Home | Mail Online 2009

Obama did call someone and basically gave (insert favorite Gender Neutral Pronoun here) the offer, but GNP declined.

Administrator Update - NASA Watch 2009

This has two advantages over just asking which is what I do in Pronoun Sleuth: first, it's an implicit measure, so I don't have to worry about people just telling me what they think I want to hear.

Lab Notebook: Building a Better Eyetracker GamesWithWords 2010

For instance, in the eyetracking experiments related to the Pronoun Sleuth experiment have online, I have people look at a picture with a couple characters on it while they listen to a story about the characters.

Lab Notebook: Building a Better Eyetracker GamesWithWords 2010

His favorite target was Nevada chief justice George Turner, whose fondness for constantly referring to himself in his speeches induced Clemens to dub him Professor Personal Pronoun.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

The experiments I was running are all similar to the Pronoun Sleuth project -- that is, looking at factors that affect what people think a pronoun means, and trying to replicate some of my findings in English.

Games with Words in Taiwan GamesWithWords 2010

His favorite target was Nevada chief justice George Turner, whose fondness for constantly referring to himself in his speeches induced Clemens to dub him Professor Personal Pronoun.

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

This has two advantages over just asking which is what I do in Pronoun Sleuth: first, it's an implicit measure, so I don't have to worry about people just telling me what they think I want to hear.

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