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Meanings of lexical class in English

The category a word is assigned to based on its syntactic function within a specified language.

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        Examples for "lexical category"
        Examples for "lexical category"
        1
        He died 75 years ago, but lives on as a part of speech.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The grunt seemed to be his most valued part of speech.
        Complete Books of Blood
        3
        With such, oaths become as necessary a part of speech as articles or prepositions.
        The Drummer Boy
        4
        It's another part of speech to have to work with one's hands, as we do.
        Veronica
        5
        For such an unnecessary part of speech as a real copula does not exist in Japanese.
        The Soul of the Far East
        1
        When I'm in the twenty-cents-a- word class I'll write once a month, and spend the rest of my time travelling.'
        The Man Upstairs and Other Stories