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syntactic category vs inanimacy

inanimacy vs syntactic category

syntactic category and inanimacy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
syntactic category Yes No No No
inanimacy Yes No No No
As nouns, inanimacy is a hyponym of syntactic category; that is, inanimacy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than syntactic category:
  • syntactic category: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
  • 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 (noun) inanimacy (noun)
(grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties (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).
Difference between syntactic category and inanimacy

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