Of contrastive typology


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Word class membership


Although the description above may give the impression that any one word within a single meaning belongs exclusively to one word class, you should note that this is not the case. Study the words in bold in the following examples:

  • In the first sentence, answer is being used as a noun – note the attributive adjectiveimmediate and the word an, both indicative of a following noun.

  • In the second, answer is a verb – the subject he and the ending –ed­ show this.

  • While in the third, answer tells you what kind of sheet is being talked about and is, therefore, an adjective.

This flexibility in word class membership is a peculiar feature of English among the European languages, many of which would require different endings to show the class of the word.


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