syntactic category vs word class
word class vs syntactic categorysyntactic category and word class both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| syntactic category | Yes | No | No | No |
| word class | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
word class is a hyponym of
syntactic category; that is, word class is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
syntactic category:
- syntactic category: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
- word class: one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
Other hyponyms of syntactic category include
case, grammatical case, form class, part of speech, number, person, gender, grammatical gender, tense, participant role, semantic role, inanimacy.
| syntactic category (noun) | word class (noun) |
|---|---|
| (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties | one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context |
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