Parts of speech

(This article is about the part of speech. For the publishing platform, see Pronoun (publishing platform).) In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun (abbreviated PRO) is a word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase.

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, determiner, noun phrase, clause, or sentence.

An article (abbreviated to ART) is a word (prefix or suffix) that is used alongside a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun.

Ideophones are words that evoke an idea in sound, often a vivid impression of certain sensations or sensory perceptions, e.

A noun (from Latin nōmen, literally meaning "name") is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas.

In grammar the term particle (abbreviated PTCL) has two different meanings.

In linguistics, conversion, also called zero derivation, is a kind of word formation involving the creation of a word (of a new word class) from an existing word (of a different word class) without any change in form, which is to say, derivation using only zero.

Infinitive (abbreviated INF) is a grammatical term referring to certain verb forms existing in many languages, most often used as non-finite verbs.

In linguistics, an adjective (abbreviated adj) is a describing word, the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified.

In grammar, a conjunction (abbreviated CONJ or CNJ) is a part of speech that connects words, sentences, phrases, or clauses.

In linguistics, an interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling or reaction.

The modern Chinese varieties make frequent use of what are called classifiers or measure words.

In grammar, a pro-verb is a word or phrase that stands in place of a verb (for example, in order that the verb not need to be repeated).