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Parts of speech

Parts of speech. What are parts of speech. ???. Parts of speech are word classes where words of same grammatical (syntactic) function are grouped. Classification of word classes. Word class. Open set : new member words can be added. Closed set : no new member words can be added.

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Parts of speech

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  1. Parts of speech

  2. What are parts of speech ??? • Parts of speech are word classes where words of same grammatical (syntactic) function are grouped

  3. Classification of word classes Word class Open set : new member words can be added Closed set : no new member words can be added

  4. Open set Closed set Adjectives Adverbs Nouns Lexical verbs Interjections Auxiliary verbs Conjunctions Articles Quantifiers Possessive adjectives Pronouns Numerals

  5. Nouns • Words that denote a person (Bill), place (school), animal (koala), thing (book) or idea (theory). • A noun can be the subject or an object of a verb. • Other noun categories: Proper/Common nouns Countable/ Uncountable nouns Concrete/Abstract nouns Collective nouns

  6. Verbs • Words that convey actions, occurrences or states of being • Verbs are usually sentence predicates • Other verb categories: Lexical/Auxiliary verbs Transitive/Intransitive verbs Action/State verbs Regular/Irregular verbs

  7. Adjectives • Words that describe other words (usually nouns) • An adjective qualifies a noun (subject or object compliment) Regular irregular adjectives Positive/Negative adjectives

  8. Adverbs • Words that modify verbs • (Adverbials) usually answer the questions: how?, in what way?, when?, where?, to what extent?, etc. Regular irregular adverbs Adverbs of manner Adverbs of frequency Adverbs of time Adverbs of place Adverbs of degree

  9. Interjections • Words that express an emotion or sentiment one the part of the speaker

  10. Conjunctions • Words that connect/join words, phrases, clauses, sentences. Coordinating conjunctions: and, as/ because for, nor, but, or, yet, so Subordinating conjunctions: after, although, as, as far as, as soon as, as long as, because, etc. Correlative conjunctions: just as… so, whether… or, both… and, not only… but, etc.

  11. Articles • Words used with nouns to indicate type of reference made by the noun Definite article: the ( a singular, plural or uncountable noun identifiable by the listener ) Indefinite article: a / an ( a singular noun not identifiable by the listener) Negative article: no (zero quantity of a countable or uncountable noun) Zero article: in case when referring to a mass in general rather than to a particular quantity

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