#function_word__closed-class_word a word that serves a grammatical function but has no identifiable meaning
supertype: word a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
part: grammatical_meaning
subtype: determiner__determinative one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
subtype: article.determiner (Grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase
subtype: definite_article a determiner (as `the' in English) that indicates specificity of reference
subtype: indefinite_article a determiner (as `a' or `some' in English) that indicates non-specificity of reference
subtype: preposition a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
subtype: pronoun a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase
subtype: anaphoric_pronoun__anaphoricpronoun a pronoun that refers to an antecedent
subtype: demonstrative_pronoun__demonstrative a pronoun that points out an intended referent
subtype: personal_pronoun a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
subtype: reflexive_pronoun__reflexivepronoun__reflexive a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects itself
subtype: relative_pronoun a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent
subtype: conjunctive__conjunction__connective an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
subtype: coordinating_conjunction a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents
subtype: subordinate_conjunction__subordinateconjunction__subordinating_conjunction__subordinatingconjunction a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause
subtype: particle.function_word a function word having different uses in different languages
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