Grouping Different Word Classes Flashcards
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Major/content/lexical (or open) word class • Examples
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Verbs Nouns Adjectives Adverbs Interjections
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Major/content/lexical • Meaning
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They are termed major contact or lexical because they carry most of the content or meaning of a sentence.
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Open word class • Meaning
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They are also called open because new words can still be added to these classes.
Example : The Word catfish, which was recently added to the dictionary.
4
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Minor or Grammatical (or closed) Word Class • Examples
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Conjunctions
Determiners
Prepositions
Pronouns
5
Q
Minor or Grammatical • Meaning
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They are termed minor grammatical because they tend to perform grammatical functions such as relating expressions to each other.
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Closed Word Class • Meaning
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They are called close cases as no new words would be added to these groups in the future.
