A nominal is a word or a group of words that functions as a noun, i.e. a word or a group of words that can stand at the head of a noun phrase. In English, the term "nominal" includes nouns and pronouns. In addition, some verbal constructions can be considered nominals, e.g. to err in "To err is human". A word is a unit of language that carries meaning and consists of one or more morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together, and has a phonetical value. ... A noun, or noun substantive, is a part of speech which can co-occur with (in)definite articles and attributive adjectives, and function as the head of a noun phrase. ... In linguistics, the head is the morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member. ... In linguistics, a noun phrase is a phrase whose Head is a noun. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a word that usually takes the place of a noun or noun phrase that was previously mentioned (such as she, it) or that refers to something or someone (I, me, you). Pronouns are often one of the basic parts of speech of the... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...