Lexical category
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| − | '''Lexical category''' is the topmost level of the part of speech. It indicates the general morphological, syntactic and semantic behaviour of | + | '''Lexical category''' is the topmost level of the part of speech. It indicates the general morphological, syntactic and semantic behaviour of a lexical item. |
== Natural Language == | == Natural Language == | ||
| − | The UNL<sup>arium</sup> | + | The UNL<sup>arium</sup> acknowledges 12 different lexical categories in natural languages: |
{{#tree:id=lex|openlevels=0|root=Lexical Categories| | {{#tree:id=lex|openlevels=0|root=Lexical Categories| | ||
| − | * | + | *[[adjectives]] (J): (adjectives and participles) |
| − | * | + | *[[adpositions]] (P): (prepositions, postpositions, circumpositions) |
| − | * | + | *[[adverbs]] (A): (specifier adverbs, adjunct adverbs, conjunts and disjuncts) |
| − | * | + | *[[affixes]] (F): (prefixes, infixes, suffixes and circumfixes) |
| − | * | + | *[[conjunctions]] (C): (subordinating and coordinating conjunctions) |
| − | * | + | *[[determiners]] (D): (articles, quantifiers, possessives and demonstratives) |
| − | * | + | *[[inflections]] (I): (auxiliary and modal verbs) |
| − | * | + | *[[nouns]] (N): (common nouns and proper nouns) |
| − | * | + | **proper nouns (E): (proper nouns) |
| − | * | + | *[[numerals]] (U): (cardinal, ordinal, multiplicative, partitive, distributive) |
| − | * | + | *[[pronouns]] (R): (demonstrative, personal, possessive, indefinite, interrogative, reflexive, reciprocal, relative, emphatic) |
| + | *[[verbs]] (V): (full verb and copula) | ||
| + | *[[others]] (O): (particles, classifiers, interjections) | ||
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As UWs represent only open-class items, there are only four lexical categories in UNL: | As UWs represent only open-class items, there are only four lexical categories in UNL: | ||
{{#tree:id=tagset|openlevels=0|root=Lexical Category (LEX)| | {{#tree:id=tagset|openlevels=0|root=Lexical Category (LEX)| | ||
| − | **Adjectival UWs (J) designate attributes. | + | **'''Adjectival UWs''' (J) designate attributes. |
| − | **Adverbial UWs (A) designate circumstances. | + | **'''Adverbial UWs''' (A) designate circumstances. |
| − | **Nominal UWs (N) designate things. | + | **'''Nominal UWs''' (N) designate things. |
| − | **Verbal UWs (V) designate occurrence or performance of an action, or the existence of a state or condition. | + | **'''Verbal UWs''' (V) designate occurrence or performance of an action, or the existence of a state or condition. |
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Latest revision as of 14:29, 29 October 2014
Lexical category is the topmost level of the part of speech. It indicates the general morphological, syntactic and semantic behaviour of a lexical item.
Natural Language
The UNLarium acknowledges 12 different lexical categories in natural languages:
UNL
As UWs represent only open-class items, there are only four lexical categories in UNL:
