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Lecture 9
Functional Parts of Speech
1.
A general outline of functional parts of speech.
2.
The preposition.
3.
The conjunction.
4.
The particle.
5.
The interjection.
6.
The modal word.
1. A General Outline of Functional Parts of Speech
According to the criteria of form, meaning and function, all words are
divided into notional and functional, which reflects their division in the earlier
grammatical tradition into changeable and unchangeable.
Functional words are characterized by incomplete nominative meaning, they
are non-self-dependent and they perform mediatory functions in the sentence.
On the principle of "generalized form" only unchangeable words are
traditionally treated under the heading of functional parts of speech. As for their
individual forms as such, they are simply presented by the list, since the number of
these words is limited, so that they don’t need to be identified on any general
scheme.
To the basic functional series of words in English belong the article, the
preposition, the conjunction, the particle, the modal word, the interjection.
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