2007-02-25 13:12:29 · 3 answers · asked by jamesthebomb09 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It could also mean Phonemes and Morphemes
Phonemes are the smallest unit of sound in a language - like the sound of saying the letter "g"
Morphemes are the smallest unit of sound that has meaning - for example, the word "unbreakable" has three morphemes - "un" (meaning 'not'), break (the main unit of meaning), and "able" (a suffix).
2007-02-25 13:24:31 · answer #1 · answered by Occam's Pitbull 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "part of speech" refers to the role a word plays in a sentence, just like "pitcher" and "outfielder" refer to the roles of people in a baseball game.
Some common parts of speech are:
Noun- a person place or thing. Table, fish, you, Richard Nixon, and cheese are nouns.
Verb- an action word. Jump, puke, bake, run, and yell are verbs.
Adjective- words that describe nouns. Blue, stinky, angry, round, and fuzzy are some good ones.
Adverb- describes a verb. How did she run? she ran QUICKLY.
2007-02-25 13:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by craftladyteresa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means what the word is classified as.
"Dog"'s part of speech would be "noun".
"Run" = verb (v or vb)
"Fast" = adverb (adv)
"And"= conjunction (conj)
2007-02-25 13:18:27 · answer #3 · answered by Squeegee Beckingheim :-) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋