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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
DEF

A category to which a word is assigned in accordance with its syntactic functions.

OBS

In English the main parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, determiner, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

French

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  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
CONT

La «Grammaire générale et raisonnée de Port-Royal» distingue neuf parties du discours : le nom, le pronom, le verbe, l'adjectif, l'article, l'adverbe, la préposition, la conjonction et l'interjection.

CONT

[Un nom est une] catégorie grammaticale regroupant les mots désignant tous les êtres ou [les] objets de même espèce (nom commun) et ceux ne s'appliquant qu'à une personne particulière, qu'à un objet unique (nom propre).

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