2. Definition of Parts of Speech
The parts of speech have a group of words having properties of grammar.
There are words which have been assigned with similar part of speech. It
shows syntactic behavior. They have same roles under grammatical structure of
the sentences. There is same type of morphology. They will carry out inflection
under same properties.
3. Types of Parts of Speech
The parts of speech include the verb,
noun, adverb, adjective, pronoun,
conjunction, preposition, numeral,
interjection, determiner or article.
There are languages of indo-
European origin having the word
classes. There is an exception for
generalization which is absence of
articles in Slavic lnguages, Sanskrit
and Latin. In Indo-European family,
we have found European languages
like Finnish and Hugarian. They come
under Uralic family and there is
deficiency in prepositions. We have
postpositions.
4. Linguistic Classification of Parts of
Speech
There are terms in part of speech and they are associated with linguistic
classifications. The distinctions are precise in comparison to general scheme. It
consists of lexical class, word class, and lexical category. There are authors
which prohibit lexical category indicating special form of the syntactic category.
This term consists of parts of speech which are functional. They are pronouns.
The form class is a term which has been utilized. The definitions are conflicting.
The word classes could be grouped as closed or open. The open classes are
represented by nouns, adjectives and verbs. It gains new members regularly.
There are closed classes which are conjunctions and pronouns. The new
members are coming in irregularly.
5. Noun
Noun is the word showing any
abstract, for example, home or
concrete entity which is concrete
noun, for example, house. An
example of person is police officer
and Michael. The place is
represented by London and
coastline. The thing , for example,
television. An example of idea is
happiness. An example of quality is
bravery. Nouns has been grouped
under non-count nouns or count
nouns. The general type of part of
speech represents naming words.
6. Pronoun
Pronoun is the substitute of noun phrase (them, he) or noun. They create brief
sentences, and it is clear as they substitute nouns.
7. Adjective
Adjective has been modifier of
pronoun or noun. Some examples
are brave, big etc. The adjectives
can create precise meaning of a
different word or noun.
8. Verb
Verb represents the word showing action e.g., walk. An example of occurrence
is happen. An instance of condition is be. In the absence of several words or
verb, it could not be sentence or clause.
9. Adverb
Adverb represents the adjective
modifier, another adverb or verb. An
example of adverb is very, quite.
The precision of language improves
in adverbs.
10. Preposition
Preposition is that word which is associated with words within the sentence or
phrase. It assists in syntactic context and the examples are of, in. It indicates a
relationship between the pronoun or noun with a different word in a particular
sentence.
11. Conjunction
Conjunction represents the
syntactic connector. There are links
words, clauses or phrases. The
conjunctions is associated with
group of words or words.
12. Interjection
Interjection represents the exclamation or emotional greeting. The examples
are Alas and Huzzah. The interjections show emotions and strong feelings.
13. Article
Article represents the grammatical
marker associated with
definiteness. An example is the. An
example is indefiniteness
representing a, an. Parts of speech
does not include article. This has
been regarded as form of adjective
and we have a term known as
determiner which indicates broader
class.
14. Importance of Inflection
English words could not be marked
as the part of speech. There is a
contrast with different languages of
Europe. The inflection has been
utilized in an extensive way. We can
identify the particular word form
under the parts of speech. There
are extra properties of grammar.
15. Important Aspects of English Grammar
In the English language, there are uninflected words. In the inflected endings,
we find ambiguity. The -ed has been marked as verbal past tense. There has
been participle or complete adjectival form. The -s indicates the plural noun. It
might be the possessive noun or the verb form of present-tense. The -
ing indicates the participle. There is a pure adjective, noun, or gerund. An
example of adverb maker is –ly. There are certain adverbs like very, fast,
tomorrow and there is no ending like that. We have adjectives which show its
presence. The examples are ugly, friendly, lovely. We find occasional words
within the parts of speech, for example, fly, jelly, rely.