lexical category
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lexical category
noun lexical categories
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A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as nouns or verbs.
Similar: word class, lexical class, part of speech
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noun linguistic category of words
| Español | categoría lexical, categoría léxica |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 품사 pumsa |
| 日本語 | 品詞 hinshi |
| 中文 | 詞彙範疇 /词汇范畴 cíhuì fànchóu, 詞類 /词类 cílèi, 詞性 /词性 cíxìng |
| Français | partie du discours, catégorie lexicale, classe lexicale, nature |
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title = {lexical category},
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