Changes: Form classes (language)

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Language: Linguistics · Semiotics · Speech

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

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

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-Th form classes of language are the linguisitc units of [[language]] used in [[syntactic analysisi]]. These would include:
+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 verb]]s
+**[[Clitic]]s
+**[[Coverb]]s
+**[[Grammatical conjunction|conjunction]]s
+**[[Determiner (class)|Determiner]]s ([[article (grammar)|article]]s, [[quantifier]]s, [[demonstrative adjective]]s, and [[possessive adjective]]s)
+**[[grammatical particle|particle]]s
+**[[Measure word]]s
+**[[Adposition]]s (prepositions, postpositions, and circumpositions)
+**[[Preverb]]s
+**[[Pronoun]]s
+**[[Contraction (grammar)|Contraction]]s
+**[[Names of numbers in English#Cardinal numbers|Cardinal numbers]]
-*[[Adjectives]]
-*[[Adverbs]]
-*[[Nouns]]
-*[[Pronouns]]
-*[[Verbs]]
 ==See also==