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A grammar of Pite Saami, 2014

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4 Morphological patterns and word classes<br />

Table 4.7: Morphological and syntactic criteria for word classes<br />

word class inflectional categories syntactic criteria<br />

nominals case/number head <strong>of</strong> a nominal phrase<br />

adjectivals number (for predicate adjectives)<br />

head <strong>of</strong> an adjectival phrase<br />

verbs tense/mood/person/number, head <strong>of</strong> a verb complex<br />

non-finite forms (connegation,<br />

aspect)<br />

adverbials none head <strong>of</strong> an adverbial phrase<br />

adpositions none head <strong>of</strong> an adpositional<br />

phrase<br />

conjunctions none connect words, phrases,<br />

clauses, texts<br />

interjections none independent words at clauselevel<br />

with in Chapter 6. Chapter 7 then covers the adjectival subclasses adjectives and<br />

numerals. Following this, Chapter 8 deals with verbs. Finally, the remaining<br />

small classes (adverbials, adpositions, conjunctions and interjections) are covered<br />

in Chapter 9.<br />

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