Word Classification
WORDS
a. Class of Words
· Nouns
· Verbs
· Adjectives
· Adverbs
b. Function Words
· Determiners
· Auxiliaries
· Intensifiers
· Preposition
· Conjunction
· Question words
The Identification of Part of Speech
a. Nouns
A word explains something.
Ex:
Man book foot office
Woman door table house
Etc.
b. Verbs
A word explains action/activity
Verb: - regular and irregular verb
-transitive and intransitive
Example:
Go sleep bring break
Keep paint draw meet
Etc.
c. Adjectives
A word explains the characteristic of something / quality of thing
Example:
Nice good high long
Wide kind happy sad
Etc.
d. Adverbs
Any word that modifies verbs or any part of speech other than a noun
Example:
Sometimes soon clearly beautifully
Now here seldom briefly
Etc.
The identification of Function Word
a. Determiners
Function words that always occur with nouns to form noun phrase. They always occur before noun.
They include articles, numerals, possessive pronouns, and demonstratives.
Example:
Every each all my
Your the both no
Etc.
b. Auxiliaries
Function words always occur with verb to form verb phrases. They always precede verbs.
Examples:
Might will did can
Was had etc.
c. Intensifiers
Function words that always occur with adjective or adverbs to form adjective phrases or adverb phrases.
They function as modifiers of adjective or adverbs, they always precede the adjective or adverbs they modify.
Example:
Very awfully more
Quite too rather etc.
d. Preposition
A part of speech placed before other words in composition of syntax. They are commonly followed by nouns or noun phrases to form prepositional phrases or relater-axis phrases.
Example:
At for to
By from on
Etc.
e. Conjunction
A part of speech binding together the discourse and filling gaps in its interpretation.
Examples:
And or both …. And
But not either… or
Etc.
f. Question Words
Function words used as signals of question sentence.
Example:
What where when why who how
PHRASE
A. Definition
Phrase is a group of words that fill a slot in sentence level / two or more words.
Examples:
The man can study may go
Will go should bring etc.
B. Type of Phrase
a. Endocentric
· Noun Phrase
· Verb Phrase
· Adjective Phrase
· Adverb Phrase
b. Exocentric
· Preposition phrase
· Appositive phrase
· Gerund phrase
· To infinitive phrase
· Participle phrase (past and present)
· Absolute phrase
Ø Endocentric Phrase is a phrase that has a parallel distribution with its head. This means that the whole phrase can be substituted by its head.
Ø Exocentric phrase is phrase that has a complementary distribution with its elements. This means that no elements can be substitute the whole phrase.
ENDOCENTRIC
- Noun Phrase
A phrase that noun as its head and determiner as modifier.
Example:
Article : the man demonstrative : that people
Adjective : new car numeral : two pens
Possessive : your house
- Verb Phrase
A phrase that verbs as its head and adverbs and auxiliaries as modifier.
Example:
Auxiliary : can stop
Adverb : study hard
- Adjective phrase
A phrase that adjective as its head and intensifiers as modifier.
Example:
Very good
So nice
- Adverb Phrase
A phrase that adverb as its head and intensifier as modifier.
Very well so lonely do nicely
EXOCENTRIC
- Prepositional phrase is a phrase that is identified by preposition.
Example:
On the way in the school at home
Etc.
- Appositive phrase is a phrase consisting of two and only two head slots filled by nouns or noun phrase.
Example:
SYL, the governor of south Sulawesi
Dr. Kisman, the dean of FBS.
- Gerund phrase
Example:
Sleeping in the night
Having lunch
- To Infinitive Phrase
Example:
The first man to walk in the moon is…
I forget to make the schedule.
- Participle phrase
Example:
o Present= the man sleeping is my friend.
o Past= the method used in this research is descriptive method.
- Absolute phrase
Example:
Your favorite as mine.