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. |
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{{#tree:id=lex|openlevels=0|root=Lexical Categories| | {{#tree:id=lex|openlevels=0|root=Lexical Categories| | ||
| − | *'''adjectives''' (J) (adjectives and participles) | + | *'''adjectives''' (J): (adjectives and participles) |
| − | *'''adpositions''' (P) (prepositions, postpositions, circumpositions) | + | *'''adpositions''' (P): (prepositions, postpositions, circumpositions) |
| − | *'''adverbs''' (A) (specifier adverbs, adjunct adverbs, conjunts and disjuncts) | + | *'''adverbs''' (A): (specifier adverbs, adjunct adverbs, conjunts and disjuncts) |
| − | *'''affixes''' (I) (prefixes, infixes, suffixes and circumfixes) | + | *'''affixes''' (I): (prefixes, infixes, suffixes and circumfixes) |
| − | *'''conjunctions''' (C) (subordinating and coordinating conjunctions) | + | *'''conjunctions''' (C): (subordinating and coordinating conjunctions) |
| − | *'''determiners''' (D) (articles, quantifiers, possessives and demonstratives) | + | *'''determiners''' (D): (articles, quantifiers, possessives and demonstratives) |
| − | *'''nouns''' (N) (common nouns and proper nouns) | + | *'''nouns''' (N): (common nouns and proper nouns) |
| − | *'''numerals''' (U) (cardinal, ordinal, multiplicative, partitive, distributive) | + | *'''numerals''' (U): (cardinal, ordinal, multiplicative, partitive, distributive) |
| − | *'''pronouns''' (R) (demonstrative, personal, possessive, indefinite, interrogative, reflexive, reciprocal, relative, emphatic) | + | *'''pronouns''' (R): (demonstrative, personal, possessive, indefinite, interrogative, reflexive, reciprocal, relative, emphatic) |
| − | *'''verbs''' (V) (full verb, auxiliary, modal, copula) | + | *'''verbs''' (V): (full verb, auxiliary, modal, copula) |
| − | *'''others''' (O) (particles, classifiers, interjections) | + | *'''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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Revision as of 12:52, 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 framework acknowledges 11 different lexical categories in natural languages:
UNL
As UWs represent only open-class items, there are only four lexical categories in UNL:
