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inanimacy vs syntactic category

syntactic category vs inanimacy

inanimacy and syntactic category both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
inanimacy Yes No No No
syntactic category Yes No No No
As nouns, syntactic category is a hypernym of inanimacy; that is, syntactic category is a word with a broader meaning than inanimacy:
  • inanimacy: (linguistics) The characteristic of a noun, in some languages, that is dependent on its unliving or non-sentient nature; this characteristic affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension etc).
  • syntactic category: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
Other hypernyms of inanimacy include grammatical category.
inanimacy (noun) syntactic category (noun)
(linguistics) The characteristic of a noun, in some languages, that is dependent on its unliving or non-sentient nature; this characteristic affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension etc). (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
Difference between inanimacy and syntactic category

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