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Particle comparison table |
Subject | documentation | is a kind of |
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Word | A term of a Language that represents a concept | LinguisticExpression |
Particle | An umbrella Class for any Word that does not fit into the other subclasses of Word. A Particle is generally a small term that serves a grammatical or logical function, e.g. 'and', 'of', 'since', etc. At some point, this class might be broken up into the subclasses 'Connective', 'Preposition', etc | Word |