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Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech. Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Prepositions, Adverbs (etc.)The building blocks of sentencesThe [Nsun] shines too brightly in Tucson*[VWill glow] shines too brightly in TucsonAlso called: Lexical Categories, Syntactic Categories.. Classic Definitions of P.O.S. Noun: Person, place, o

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Parts of Speech

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    1. Parts of Speech (Lexical Categories)

    2. Parts of Speech Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Prepositions, Adverbs (etc.) The building blocks of sentences The [Nsun] shines too brightly in Tucson *[VWill glow] shines too brightly in Tucson Also called: Lexical Categories, Syntactic Categories.

    3. Classic Definitions of P.O.S Noun: Person, place, or thing Verb: Action, occurrence or state of being Adjective: modifier that expresses quality, quantity or extent.

    4. Classic Definitions of P.O.S Adverb: modifier that expresses manner, quality, place, time, degree, number, cause, opposition, affirmation or denial Preposition: modifier that indicates location or origin.

    5. Problems with the semantic def. Not so clear cut: The assassination of the president… Sincerity is an important quality Tucson is where New Yorkers flee for the winter Multiple parts of speech? Gabrielle’s father is an axe-murderer Anteaters father attractive offspring ?Wendy’s father country is Iceland

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