Introduction 3-6
1 Main features of English nouns 6 - 6
1.1 Morphological characteristics of nouns 6 - 10
1.2 Syntactical characteristics of nouns 10 – 12
1.3 Semantical characteristics of nouns 12 - 15
1.4 Characteristics of nouns due the way of their composition 12 - 15
2 Evolution of gender of nouns 17 - 17
2.1 Development and historical view of nouns - gender 17 - 21
2.2 Modern view of gender and its forming 21 - 26
2.3 Masculine, Feminine gender 26 - 28
2.4 Common, Neuter gender 28 - 33
Conclusion 33 - 35
Bibliography 35 - 37
Appendix A: Formation of compound nouns 37 - 37