A subject is an unnamed individual.
From Latin subiectus , a subject is an unnamed person . The concept is used when you do not know the name of the person or when you do not want to declare who you are talking about. For example: "The subject entered through the back door of the premises and threatened those present with a firearm" , "That subject does not inspire the slightest confidence in me" , "Officer, you have to help me: that subject in the white shirt robbed me." the portfolio .
Subject is also an adjective that allows you to describe exposure to something or someone: "The discount is subject to the bases and conditions of the contract," "Yesterday I resigned from my position so I am no longer subject to your orders." On the other hand, subject is the action and effect of holding (affirming or containing something by force): "The roof is only held by two precarious columns," "The dog was held by a chain and, although he managed to get loose, his freedom "It only lasted a few hours."
Subject in grammar
For grammar , the subject is the noun , pronoun or noun phrase that fulfills a sentence function in obligatory agreement of person and number with the verb. In other words, the subject is the one who performs the action of the sentence . In a sentence like "Juan is a great pianist" , the subject is "Juan" , while in "The thick trees transported us to a fantasy world" the subject is "The thick trees" .
The tacit subject , which is also known as omitted or implicit , does not have a representation in the sentence, but is implied with certain elements of the context . In other words, its presence is not necessary since the rest of the words and the information previously provided to the reader or interlocutor is sufficient for him or her to understand who is being talked about.
In our language, the absence of the subject is not usually a cause for confusion, since we have complex verbal conjugations , generally different for each person. However, some tenses, such as the Past Imperfect and the Pluperfect, make understanding difficult, as can be seen in the following example: "I ate an apple." At first glance, it can be either the first person singular (I) or the third person (he or she), and even the polite form "you." To correctly understand such a sentence, therefore, more contextual information is necessary.
There is, in turn, a classification that groups together certain tacit subjects and calls them indeterminate . It is used when the person responsible for the action cannot be identified, either because there is an interest in keeping it unknown or because there is not enough data to know who it is. In the sentence "They robbed the shopping center" , for example, it is not always possible to specify the name(s) of those responsible; Furthermore, the third person plural of the verb is used to contemplate the possibility of a group attack, and not to know that there was more than one assailant.
In grammar, the subject is the one who performs the action of the sentence.
The term in philosophy
In the field of philosophy , the subject is the being of which something is preached or announced.
The philosophical subject acts according to his own decision and will and is the protagonist of his actions; On the other hand, he is able to distinguish reality as an object beyond his subjective knowledge.
Subject as theme or topic
Subject, finally, is the subject or matter about which one writes or speaks . This meaning is not common in everyday speech, an area in which terms such as theme or question are used.
It is interesting to note that in English there is a term with similar use (subject), whose writing makes it clear that it has the same Latin root . Curiously, subject is used as a synonym for subject or topic even today, as we can all see in email boxes.