Form classes (language)

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Th form classes of language are the linguisitic units of language used in syntactic analysisi.

Functional classification

Common ways of delimiting words by function include:

• Open word classes:
  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Interjections
  • Nouns
  • Verbs (except auxiliary verbs)

• Closed word classes:
  • Auxiliary verbs
  • Clitics
  • Coverbs
  • conjunctions
  • Determiners (articles, quantifiers, demonstrative adjectives, and possessive adjectives)
  • particles
  • Measure words
  • Adpositions (prepositions, postpositions, and circumpositions)
  • Preverbs
  • Pronouns
  • Contractions
  • Cardinal numbers

See also

• Parts of speech