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A semantic class of words whose syntactic function in a sentence is to denote the relationship between  the words in the sentence that are part of the open class, such as nouns and verbs. The closed class is so named because it is very rarely a group of words that can be added to. In English, the closed class, includes words like if, and, over, under, in. The open class includes nouns and verbs, which can always be added to, the word "google" is a good example of this.  In the sentence, "If '''George''' had '''googled''' the''' blorp''', he would have '''known''' what it was." the words''' George''', '''googled''', '''blorp''' and '''known''' can be replaced: "'''If''' Patty''' had''' watched '''the''' tinker she '''would have''' understood '''what''' it '''was'''." In contrast, replacing words like "if" "the" "had" etc. is much more difficult because they are members of the closed class.  
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Closed class parts of speech refers to the categories of words that usually do not have new members easily added, such as [[Pronoun (definition)| pronouns]], [[Article (definition)| articles]] and [[Preposition (definition)| prepositions]].
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Open Class (definition)]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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==References==
 
==References==
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*Carnie, A. (2006) ''Syntax: A Generative Introduction.'' 2nd edition. Wiley-Blackwell
  
 
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[[Category: Parts of Speech]]
 
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Latest revision as of 10:25, 4 June 2012

Closed class parts of speech refers to the categories of words that usually do not have new members easily added, such as pronouns, articles and prepositions.

See Also

External Links

Note: Wikipedia can be edited by anyone and often pages are vandalized or uninformed, So be careful with any links posted below!

References

  • Carnie, A. (2006) Syntax: A Generative Introduction. 2nd edition. Wiley-Blackwell
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