on
grammatical
irrlbr:mactic•n
within
words.
Verbs
are
words
that
carry
endings
such
as
-
ed
(past
tense)
and
-s
(3n:i
person
singular)
while
nouns
carry
different
endings
like
's
(possession)
A
lexical category
is
also known as
of speech, word c:ass, grammatical
categc)rj,
and
graiT:llrillfical class. It
ls
a
syntactic for
elements that
are
part
of
the lexicon
of a language.
These elements
are at the word
leveL
A.
Major categories:
Every
language
has at least
two
lexical
categories:
o noun
0
Many
languages
also
have two
major categories:
o
adjective
c
Many
la:: gnages have minor
lexical
ca:egories
such as:
o
conjunctions
c
particles
o
adpositions
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