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grammatical particle

typically short and indeclinable word with a grammatical function but no clear part of speech
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grammatical particle

Summary

grammatical particle is a part of speech[1]. It draws 167 Wikipedia views per month (part_of_speech category, ranking #13 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • grammatical particle's instance of is recorded as part of speech[3].
  • grammatical particle is a type of function word[4].
  • grammatical particle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Grammatical particles[5].
  • grammatical particle's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[6].
  • grammatical particle's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[7].
  • grammatical particle's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/particles[8].
  • grammatical particle's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#Particle[9].
  • grammatical particle's different from is recorded as postfix[10].
  • grammatical particle's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#particle[11].

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Definition and Type

grammatical particle's instance of is recorded as part of speech[3]. It is a type of function word[4].

Why It Matters

grammatical particle draws 167 Wikipedia views per month (part_of_speech category, ranking #13 of 36).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → postfix
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → function word
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 241, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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