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=== Parts of Speech again ===
=== Parts of Speech again ===


Our online grammar uses the following parts of speech:
Our online grammar uses the following 7 parts of speech:
 
a. The maximal part of speech types are the following:


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! Type !! Full name !! Examples
! Type !! Full name !! Examples
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| ''n'' || noun || Lilly, she
| ''n'' || noun || Lilly, she, her, I, me, him
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| ''v'' || verb || snore, like, must, to
| ''v'' || verb || visit, like, must, to, see, saw, seen, seeing, seen
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| ''a'' || adjective || big, new, red
| ''a'' || adjective || big, new, red
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Revision as of 10:54, 26 April 2017

In Week 1 and the exercises on Parts of Speech and Predicates and their Arguments, we dealt with two concepts: words and phrases belong to different parts of speech and they take semantic and syntactic arguments.

This week, we will deal with both topics in greater detail and will also introduce a format for representing linguistic information.

Parts of Speech again

Our online grammar uses the following 7 parts of speech:

Type Full name Examples
n noun Lilly, she, her, I, me, him
v verb visit, like, must, to, see, saw, seen, seeing, seen
a adjective big, new, red
p preposition to, of, with
d determiner the, a, any
adv adverb early, very, not
c complementizer that, whether, if









Homework for Week 3

1. Work through the following sections of the Wiki:

Phrases





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