Nature is intrinsic and stable, whereas function is the changing syntactic role.
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1. What distinguishes grammatical nature from grammatical function?
2. In the sentences âThe child readsâ and âThe child sees the dog,â what can change for âthe childâ while its grammatical nature remains unchanged?
3. Which three criteria are used cumulatively to establish grammatical categories?
What is grammatical nature of a word?
It is the intrinsic and immutable identity of a word.
What does grammatical function describe in a sentence?
The dynamic syntactic role played by a word or group of words.
Give an example of a grammatical function a word can have.
Subject is an example of a grammatical function.
Name another grammatical function besides subject and verb.
Direct object is another grammatical function.
What are the three cumulative criteria for grammatical categories?
Morphological, syntactic, and semantic criteria.
What does the morphological criterion concern in grammar?
A word's form and its capacity to receive inflections.
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