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'Part of speech' (also syntactic category, lexical category, lexical class) is the category of a word indicating the function of it, usually syntactic. Common examples of 'parts of speech' include nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, and adverbs.   
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Parts of speech (also known as syntactic category, lexical category, lexical class) are the categories of words indicating their syntactic function. Common examples of 'parts of speech' include nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, and adverbs.   
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Noun (definition)]]
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*[[Verb (definition)]]
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*[[Adjective (definition)]]
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*[[Adverb (definition)]]
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*[[Preposition (definition)]]
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*[[Complementizer (definition)]]
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*[[Article (definition)]]
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*[[Auxiliary (definition)]]
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*[[Modal (definition)]]
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*[[Particle (definition)]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
*[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsALexicalCategory.htm entry in SIL.org]
 
*[http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsALexicalCategory.htm entry in SIL.org]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexical_category entry in Wikipedia]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexical_category entry in Wikipedia]
  

Latest revision as of 15:09, 15 June 2012

Parts of speech (also known as syntactic category, lexical category, lexical class) are the categories of words indicating their syntactic function. Common examples of 'parts of speech' include nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, and adverbs.

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

  • Carnie, Andrew (2006) Syntax: A Generative Introduction Malden: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Whaley, Lindsay (1999) Introduction to Typology: The Unity and Diversity of Language