Lexical category

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== Natural Language ==
 
== Natural Language ==
The UNL<sup>arium</sup> framework acknowledges 11 different lexical categories in natural languages:
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The UNL<sup>arium</sup> acknowledges 11 different lexical categories in natural languages:
  
 
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Revision as of 12:53, 20 May 2010

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 11 different lexical categories in natural languages:

UNL

As UWs represent only open-class items, there are only four lexical categories in UNL:

Software