Many grammars also draw a distinction between " lexical categories " ( which tend to consist of content words, or phrases gender, etc.
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Prepositions, among many other words, do not belong in the category of " content words " but in that of " structure words ".
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The descriptor " lexical " is applied to the words of a language's lexicon, often to indicate a content word, as distinct from a function word.
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Content words are usually morae long ( i . e ., a minimum length of 2 light syllables or one heavy syllable ), while function words do not.
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All words in BulSemCor are assigned a sense, while according to established practice only simple content words or content word classes ( typically nouns and verbs ) are annotated.
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All words in BulSemCor are assigned a sense, while according to established practice only simple content words or content word classes ( typically nouns and verbs ) are annotated.
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They share a grammar, to the point that their syntax is identical and a passage in one can be translated to the other simply by changing the content words.
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Sakatayana also proposed that functional morphemes such as prepositions do not have any meaning by themselves, but contribute to meaning only when attached to nouns or other content words:
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This is a fairly soft rule, because content words can also be written in hiragana for effect ( though if done extensively spaces are typically added to maintain legibility ).
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This is due to the conventional patterns of words usage which bind function words to content words almost every time they are used, creating an interdependence between the two word groups.
