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function word

words with little/ambiguous lexical meaning that express grammatical relationships or specify the speaker’s attitude/mood of the speaker; e.g. articles, pronouns, adpositions, conjunctions, auxiliary verbs, interjections, particles
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function word

Summary

function word ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (338 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • function word is a type of word[2].
  • function word is the opposite of content word[3].
  • function word's different from is recorded as syntactic expletive[4].

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Definition and Type

function word is a type of word[2]. It is the opposite of content word[3].

Why It Matters

function word ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (338 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → syntactic expletive
    Subclass of → —
    Verbaalpina id → C1604
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C1604, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
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