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The word as the central unit of language. The problem of word definition.,…
- The word as the central unit of language. The problem of word definition.
The WORD is simultaneously a semantic, grammatical and phonological unit
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- Grammatical meaning of the word.
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If we take a noun (table) we may say that it possesses its individual lexical meaning (it corresponds to a definite piece of furniture) and the grammatical meaning of thingness (this is the meaning of the whole class).
- Types of grammatical meaning.
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4. Grammatical categories, their types and means of realization in Modern English.
A grammatical category is a class of units (such as noun and verb) or features (such as number and case) that share a common set of characteristics. They are the building blocks of language, allowing us to communicate with one another.