Again, a forwarded post from Johanna. I think it's very useful to have someone drafting a position, including a list of terms. We can amend it or propose an alternative. I wish I had more time to jump right in. Craig ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: More on terms From: "Johanna Rubba" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, July 26, 2006 5:44 pm To: "Craig Hancock" <[log in to unmask]> Cc: "Johanna Rubba" <[log in to unmask]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig, Be my mailman again? Below are four sets of terms I have taken from various sources. I haven't included definitions, but from the lists of examples, most overlap very considerably. The main differences are in giving what some call subclasses their own class status. The formatting didn't come out well for mine. The phrases give examples. Rubba, ms. 2006 Open Class (also known as Open System, Form-Class, Content Word, or Lexical Word) 1. Noun a big book, the latest political scandal 2. Verb to retrieve data, drop a note 3. Adjective curious George, sweet desserts 4. Adverb vanish suddenly, come back soon Closed Class (also known as Closed System,Structure-Class, Function Wordor Grammatical Word) 5. Preposition under the tree, Of Mice and Men, above suspicion 6. Proform she is the boss, give me that, I put it there 7. Determiner a cup of tea, the sparrow, your plans 8. Qualifier very high, so far, right under your nose (also known as Intensifier orDegree-word) 9. Conjunction this and that, tall but clumsy, live free or die 10. Complementizer I know that he is here, tell me whether it’s true 11. Existential or It is raining, there is a fly in my soup presentational subject (sometimes called expletiveor dummy subject) 12. Interjection Yow!, Damn! Kolln & Funk 2002: Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Determiner Auxiliary Qualifier Preposition Pronoun Conjunction Interrogative Expletive Particle Huddleston & Pullum 2002: Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Preposition Determinative Subordinator Coordinator interjection Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, & Svartvik (Comprehensive, 1985) (Grouped by Open vs. Closed classes) Closed classes preposition pronoun determiner conjunction modal verb primary verb (be, have, do) Open classes noun adjective full verb (other than modals or ‘be, have, do’) adverb “two lesser categories”: numerals interjections negative particle (no, not) ‘to’ of infinitive Laurel Brinton, “The Structure of Modern English”, 2000, John Benjamins , p. 119 She gives Charles C. Fries’s list from 1952, with his numbers translated into the more-ordinary names. Each of the below is a class; there are one-word classes. If/when I have more time I’ll look into how much they adopt this list. They have a lot of text on word classes. noun verb adjective adverb determiner modals no degree adverbs coordinating conjunctions prepositions do there (existential) wh-words subordinating conjunctions discourse markers (‘oh’, ‘well’, ‘now’) yes, no look, say, listen (verbs of perception/mental action/speaking?? -- JR) please let’s Dr. Johanna Rubba, Associate Professor, Linguistics Linguistics Minor Advisor English Department California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo E-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel.: 805.756.2184 Dept. Ofc. Tel.: 805.756.2596 Dept. Fax: 805.756.6374 URL: http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/