non-personaladj.n.

Brit.

/nɒnˈpəːs(ə)nl/,

/nɒnˈpəːsn̩l/, U.S.

/nɑnˈpərsən(ə)l/,

/nɑnˈpərsn(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, personal adj.

Etymology: < non- prefix + personal adj.

A. adj.

Not personal; (Grammar) (of a noun or pronoun) referring to something not regarded as having human personality, such as an inanimate thing, abstract entity, or animal. Cf. impersonal adj.

ΚΠ

1883 Mind 8 216 The result of our author's welding of non-personal law with personal virtue in his ‘natural’ object of worship seems, in fact, simply to mar the true and beautiful aspect of that other great gospel.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xx. 500 The contention of the survival-theory that we ought to stick to non-personal elements exclusively.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xv. 253 The English definite or third-person pronouns..differ.., in the singular, for personal and non-personal antecedents: personal he, she, versus non-personal it.

1957 R. W. Zandvoort Handbk. Eng. Gram. (new ed.) ix. ii. 315 The addition of -ish to other personal nouns: boyish, girlish (= proper to the nature of), and to a few non-personal nouns (feverish).

1990 Banking World Dec. 43/1 Some banks do..call charities ‘non-personal’, but fall short of tagging them ‘corporate’.

B. n.

A non-personal thing; that which is not personal; (Grammar) a non-personal noun or pronoun.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > pronoun > [noun] > other specific types of pronoun

relativec1400

demonstrative pronounc1525

question word1878

object pronoun1885

pronoun object1889

common-sex pronoun1922

non-personal1925

1925 J. H. Grattan & P. Gurrey Our Living Lang. 189 With Non-Personals the idea of possession is commonly not present—for example—I have recovered this book and mended the (not its) back.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. ix. 146 It has the class-meanings of substantives, singulars, non-personals.

1953 E. Wilkins & E. Kaiser tr. R. Musil Man without Qualities I. xxviii. 129 One cannot, so to speak, catch hold, when a man is thinking, of the moment between the personal and the non-personal.

2000 S. Franks & T. H. King Handbk. Slavic Clitics iii. ii. 125 The form ne is used only with masculine non-personals, feminines, and neuters after prepositions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	non-personal
释义	non-personaladj.n. Brit. /nɒnˈpəːs(ə)nl/, /nɒnˈpəːsn̩l/, U.S. /nɑnˈpərsən(ə)l/, /nɑnˈpərsn(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, personal adj. Etymology: < non- prefix + personal adj. A. adj. Not personal; (Grammar) (of a noun or pronoun) referring to something not regarded as having human personality, such as an inanimate thing, abstract entity, or animal. Cf. impersonal adj. ΚΠ 1883 Mind 8 216 The result of our author's welding of non-personal law with personal virtue in his ‘natural’ object of worship seems, in fact, simply to mar the true and beautiful aspect of that other great gospel. 1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience xx. 500 The contention of the survival-theory that we ought to stick to non-personal elements exclusively. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xv. 253 The English definite or third-person pronouns..differ.., in the singular, for personal and non-personal antecedents: personal he, she, versus non-personal it. 1957 R. W. Zandvoort Handbk. Eng. Gram. (new ed.) ix. ii. 315 The addition of -ish to other personal nouns: boyish, girlish (= proper to the nature of), and to a few non-personal nouns (feverish). 1990 Banking World Dec. 43/1 Some banks do..call charities ‘non-personal’, but fall short of tagging them ‘corporate’. B. n. A non-personal thing; that which is not personal; (Grammar) a non-personal noun or pronoun. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > pronoun > [noun] > other specific types of pronoun relativec1400 demonstrative pronounc1525 question word1878 object pronoun1885 pronoun object1889 common-sex pronoun1922 non-personal1925 1925 J. H. Grattan & P. Gurrey Our Living Lang. 189 With Non-Personals the idea of possession is commonly not present—for example—I have recovered this book and mended the (not its) back. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. ix. 146 It has the class-meanings of substantives, singulars, non-personals. 1953 E. Wilkins & E. Kaiser tr. R. Musil Man without Qualities I. xxviii. 129 One cannot, so to speak, catch hold, when a man is thinking, of the moment between the personal and the non-personal. 2000 S. Franks & T. H. King Handbk. Slavic Clitics iii. ii. 125 The form ne is used only with masculine non-personals, feminines, and neuters after prepositions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1883
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