Chapter 5. Structure-Class Words - English Grammar and Phonology

This chapter is determining the differences between form class words and structure class words. Even more specifically it breaks down structure class words into 8 different parts: determiners, auxiliaries, qualifiers, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, relatives and interrogatives.

Determiners- word that precedes and modifies a noun
**Usually with a/an or the
demonstratives-this, that, these, those
possessives- my, our, your, his, hers, its, their
cardinal number- one, two, three
ordinal number- first, second, third
Qualifiers- twice, triple, half

Auxiliaries- signal a verb is coming or can be used as a substitute
Modal--have, be, do

Qualifiers- precede adjectives or adverbs or decrease the word it modifies
ex: very, rather, so, just, less

Pronoun- substitute for a noun or a noun phrase
Personal noun- person, number, gender, case
Reflexive pronoun- self, selves
Reciprocal pronoun- each other, one another
Indefinite pronoun- one, some, no, every


I didn't find anything too confusing, though it is very hard to keep track of all the rules that go into determining the type of word. It's especially confusing that in English you can not say whenever we see a specific word, it will always be labeled as a noun or adjective, exc. Instead we have to look at the content of the sentence and what is being portrayed and this can take a lot of time and effort.