Concrete

As a concrete object (also a noun ) is called a noun and thus a noun , means the something objective, that is something concrete sensually experienceable. The opposite term is abstraction .

The following types (sub-terms) of Concrete are mentioned:

Proper name (example: Chomsky, Ostsee);
Generic name (appellative) (example: human; polar bear);
Substance name (example: ink, metal, water, milk);
Collective name ( collective ) (example: family, foliage).

Web links

Wiktionary: Concrete - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

^ Bußmann: Lexicon of Linguistics. 3. Edition. (2002) / Konkretum;
Homberger: Subject dictionary for linguistics (2000) / Konkretum;
Ulrich: Basic linguistic terms. 5th edition. (2002) / Konkretum (without collective name);
Luck: Concrete. In: Metzler-Lexikon language. 3. Edition. (2005), still mentioning natural conditions (meadow) and artifacts (car), but not revealing a common reason for classification.

[1] Bußmann: Lexicon of Linguistics. 3. Edition. (2002) / Konkretum;
Homberger: Subject dictionary for linguistics (2000) / Konkretum;
Ulrich: Basic linguistic terms. 5th edition. (2002) / Konkretum (without collective name);
Luck: Concrete. In: Metzler-Lexikon language. 3. Edition. (2005), still mentioning natural conditions (meadow) and artifacts (car), but not revealing a common reason for classification.