What is another word for nominal heads?
Pronunciation: [nˈɒmɪnə͡l hˈɛdz] (IPA) 
Nominal heads is a linguistic term that refers to a word or phrase which functions as the head noun in a sentence, but does not carry much semantic weight. Synonyms for nominal heads include "placeholders," "empty nouns," "dummy nouns" and "pro-forms." These types of words are often used to provide sentence structure or to stand in for a noun that has already been mentioned. In language learning, nominal heads can be a useful tool for understanding basic sentence structures and identifying parts of speech. In technical fields such as linguistics, nominal heads play an important role in analyzing the elements of language and understanding how they function within sentences.
