Function Word

Of word.   May also be referred to as closed-class word.

A word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning.

This concept's ID is @1~33718

Contains

  • pronoun 5 facts

    A function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase.

  • connective 2 facts

    An uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or s...

  • determiner 1 facts

    One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrase...

  • grammatical meaning 0 facts

    The meaning of a word that depends on its role in a sentence; varies with inflectional...

  • preposition 0 facts

    A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional...

  • particle 0 facts

    A function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs.