part of speech
category of words based on shared grammatical properties in a clause
article
word used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun; one of word classes
verbal noun
verb that acts as a noun, or noun converted from a verb form
interrogative word
words that indicate a question is being asked, as a grammatical category
preposition
word or phrase able to connect a following noun or noun phrase (and often other parts of the speech) as a complement to some other part of the sentence, expressing a relation between them
numeral
word class(es) designating numbers, considered as a part of speech in some grammars while coinciding with other parts of speech in others
discourse marker
word or phrase that manages the flow of discourse: e.g. oh, well, now, then, you know, and I mean, so, because, and, but, or
transgressive
term of linguistic morphology
closed class
in linguistics a class of words or other entities which rarely changes
locution
language functional unit
open class
linguistics word class
possessive determiner
determiner which modifies a noun by attributing possession
conjunction
part of speech that connects two words, sentences, phrases, or clauses
interjection
word or expression used to express an emotion or sentiment
nominal
word class consisting of pronouns, nouns, adjectives and numerals
relative pronoun
type of pronoun that marks a relative clause
na-adjective
Japanese noun that can function as an adjective by taking the particle -na; e.g. 変(な) hen(-na) “strange”
Japanese particle
grammar feature
measure word
words that measure quantities
question tag
function word forming tag questions
noun
word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects
demonstrative determiner
determiner used to demonstrate the identity of the thing referenced by the following noun
coordinating conjunction
conjunction that joins two grammatical elements of the same status or construction
non-predicative adjective
lexical category
verb
class of words that, from the semantic point of view, contain the notions of action, process or state, and, from the syntactic point of view, exert the core function of the sentence predicate.
adjective
part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun
adverb
word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb
possessive pronoun
pronoun acting as modifier showing ownership etc.; e.g. "mine", "hers" (sometimes understood to include possessive determiners e.g. "my", "her")
serial verb construction
construction of verb compounds in some languages
genitive connector
part of speech
interrogative pronoun
pronoun
pronoun
word or form that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase
defective word
word where not all grammatical forms exist
pro-form
word or form that substitutes for another word, broader scope than pronoun
pro-verb
a word that replaces a verb
adnominal adjective
class of Japanese adjectives that only occur before nouns, not in a predicative position: e.g. 大きな ōkina “big”
Basque full adverb
distinction made to classify adverbs in Basque
formal subject
A grammatical subject required by syntax, but not by semantics
postposition
adposition occurring after the term that it complements or modifies
grammatical particle
typically short and indeclinable word with a grammatical function but no clear part of speech
determiner
part of speech reflecting the reference of a noun