word class
- noun
- /wɜrd klæs/
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clase de palabras
- The word class of prepositions continues to be an understudied class in graphic symbol research in AAC and requires future research attention.
- word class of prepositions
- word class of nouns
- word class of verbs
Examples
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When the sample was divided according to word class, there was reliable agreement for the nouns, adverbs, and verbs, in that order.
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Since it was not clear whether all analysts had followed the same rule for this word class, adverbial particles were left aside in the statistical analysis.
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Figure 9. Mean percent name agreement correct as a function of symbol format and word class.
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Figure 5. Mean percent transparency correct as a function of symbol format and word class.
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The order of the reliability scores for the different word classes was different from the first round, possibly because of their different distribution.
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The difference between word classes in metaphor identification is one of the most important issues on the agenda for future linguistic research.
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Lexical riddles involve the understanding of double or multiple meanings of words that share the same character and word class.
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By 9 years of age, many children respond with a word from the same word class or paradigm (e.g., cold-hot, dog-cat).
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Mirenda and Locke (1989) did assess the transparency of several graphic sets—but only for the word class of nouns, and by using a different task.
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In grammar, a word class is a category that defines the function of a word in a sentence.
Synonyms
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A class of words like noun, verb, or adjective
A group of words that work the same in a sentence, like noun or verb
A group of words that do the same job in grammar, like a noun or verb
A main group of words like nouns, verbs, and adjectives that show a word's role in a sentence
A group of words that share grammar features like tense or number
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a category of words' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'word' (a unit of language) with 'class' (a category or group). This noun+noun composition expressing a category of items is common in English and in many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Word class is like a school idea: imagine words as students put into different classes by the 'job' they do in a sentence. So word class means a 'group' of words that share the same job in grammar.