1. CHARACTERISTICS
1.1. semantic
1.1.1. may refer to -a person -a thing -a place -an event -a substance -a quality -an idea etc.
1.2. morphological
1.2.1. -typical suffixes -compound stem models
1.3. syntactical
1.3.1. substantive
1.3.1.1. -subbject -object
1.3.2. non-substantive
1.3.2.1. -predicate -advernial -atributive
2. NUMBER
2.1. (+) plural
2.1.1. -(e)s
2.2. (-) singular
2.2.1. NO SUFFIX
2.2.2. vowel interchanging - non-productive ways
2.2.2.1. the archaic suffix -(e)n + phonetic interchange
2.2.2.2. the correlation of individual singular & plural suffixes
3. ARTICLE DETERMINATION
3.1. The identification +
3.2. Non-identification - a(n)/-
3.2.1. + a(n)/- relative generalization
3.2.2. - absolute generalization
4. CLASSIFICATION
4.1. Nominal subclasses
4.1.1. 1. Type of nomination
4.1.1.1. proper
4.1.1.2. common
4.1.2. 2. Form of existence
4.1.2.1. animate
4.1.2.2. inanimate
4.1.3. 3. Personal quality
4.1.3.1. human
4.1.3.2. inhuman
4.1.3.3. +less explicity
4.1.3.3.1. concrete
4.1.3.3.2. abstract
4.1.4. 4. Quantitave structure
4.1.4.1. countable
4.1.4.1.1. mouse-mice cat-cats cup-cups
4.1.4.2. uncountable
4.1.4.2.1. - singularia tantum (only singular)
4.1.4.2.2. + pluralia tantum (only plural)
5. GENDER
5.1. human/non-human
5.1.1. person nouns - strong members non-person nouns - weak members
5.1.1.1. oppositional reducrion - "it"
5.1.1.2. -feminine nouns -masculine nouns
5.2. masculine/feminine
5.2.1. feminine subclass - strong member masculine subclass - weak member
6. CASE
6.1. Opposition
6.1.1. "posessive case" or "genetive case" ('s)
6.2. Views
6.2.1. the theory of positional case
6.2.1.1. inflexional genitive
6.2.1.2. positional nominative, vocalitive, dative, accusative
6.2.2. the theory of prepositional cases
6.2.2.1. morphological case forms: dative, genetive
6.2.3. the limited case theory
6.2.3.1. genetive, non-genetive (common)
6.2.4. the theory of posessive postposition
6.2.4.1. category of case is lost
6.3. RELATIONAL MEANS OF GENETIVE
6.3.1. genetive of posessor "belongs to" "posesses"
6.3.2. genetive of interger "a part of"
6.3.2.1. genetive of received qualification
6.3.3. genetive of agent "who"
6.3.3.1. genetive of author "the author of"
6.3.4. genetive of quantity measure
6.3.5. genetive of patient passive voice
6.3.6. genetive of adverbial time/place
6.3.7. genetive of destination "for"
6.3.8. genetive of dispensed qualification "characteristic"
6.3.8.1. genetive of camparison "like that"