In linguistics, what part of speech functions as the name of a person, place, thing, or idea?

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Noun

Nouns are often called the 'building blocks' of sentences because they identify people, places, things, or ideas. Proper nouns, like 'Paris' or 'Jupiter,' are a specific sub-category that are always capitalized to denote unique entities.

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