Class: Zenlish::WClasses::WordClass

Inherits:

Rley::Syntax::Terminal

• Object
• Rley::Syntax::Terminal
• Zenlish::WClasses::WordClass

Defined in:

lib/zenlish/wclasses/word_class.rb

Overview

Also known as: part of speech, syntactic category or word category. A word class represents a group of word which have similar functions. Word classes are divided into:

• Lexical words (?? same as content words??) such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs Content words carry the meaning of a sentence
• Function words (?? same as structure words??) such as pronouns, determiners, modal verbs, auxiliary verbs, Structure words structure a sentence conjunctions and prepositions

Direct Known Subclasses

Adjective, Adverb, ComparativeParticle, Conjunction, Coordinator, Determiner, Noun, Preposition, Pronoun, SubordinatingConjunction, Verb

Instance Method Summary

• #initialize ⇒ WordClass constructor

  A new instance of WordClass.

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ WordClass

Returns a new instance of WordClass.

# File 'lib/zenlish/wclasses/word_class.rb', line 15

def initialize
  super(self.class.name.split('::').last)
end