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What is another word for parts of speech?

Pronunciation: [pˈɑːts ɒv spˈiːt͡ʃ] (IPA)

Parts of speech refer to the categories in which words are classified in grammar. They include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, interjections, pronouns, prepositions, and conjunctions. There are different terms used to describe parts of speech in various contexts. In linguistics, they are known as lexical categories, syntactic categories, or word classes. In grammar textbooks, they are also referred to as word types, word groups, or grammatical units. Additionally, some scientific publications use the term syntactical elements for this classification. Regardless of the term used, a sound understanding of the parts of speech is essential for effective communication in both written and spoken language.
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What are the hypernyms for Parts of speech?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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    Language Components, linguistic categories, linguistic classifications, linguistic concepts, linguistic units, linguistics terms.

Famous quotes with Parts of speech

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  • The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.
    Clifton Fadiman
  • The round-square may be impossible, but we believe in it because it is impossible. [E.E.] Cummings is a very great expert in all these, so to speak, illegal syntactical devices: his misuse of parts of speech, his use of negative prefixes, his word-coining, his systematic relation of words that grammar and syntax don’t permit us to relate—all this makes him a magical bootlegger or moonshiner of language, one who intoxicates us on a clear liquor no government has legalized with its stamp.
    Randall Jarrell

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