lexical category

/ˈlɛksɪkəl ˈkætəɡəri/

a word class or part of speech

Nouns, verbs, and adjectives are common lexical categories.

This sentence identifies three basic types of words in English.

technical

a grammatical classification of words based on their function and properties

In English, 'run' can belong to multiple lexical categories depending on its use.

The word 'run' can be a verb (action) or a noun (a small stream).

Lexical categories include nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and others.

Collocations

lexical category of a wordthe grammatical class a word belongs to

a lexical category that can add new words (e.g., nouns, verbs)

a lexical category with a fixed set of words (e.g., pronouns, prepositions)

Pay attention to how a word functions in a sentence to determine its lexical category.

A word's role in a sentence (subject, object, modifier) often reveals its lexical category.

From Greek 'lexikos' (pertaining to words) + 'category' (classification)

In linguistics, lexical categories are fundamental for understanding sentence structure and meaning.

lexical

relating to words

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