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Word
subject			fact

Word	documentation A term of a Language that represents a concept
	has axiom (=> (instance ?PHRASE Phrase) (exists (?PART1 ?PART2) (and (part ?PART1 ?PHRASE) (part ?PART2 ?PHRASE) (instance ?PART1 Word) (instance ?PART2 Word) (not (equal ?PART1 ?PART2)))))
	has axiom (=> (instance ?WORD Word) (exists (?PART) (and (part ?PART ?WORD) (instance ?PART Morpheme))))
	has axiom (=> (instance ?MORPH Morpheme) (exists (?WORD) (and (instance ?WORD Word) (part ?MORPH ?WORD))))
	is partitioned into Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Particle
	is a kind of LinguisticExpression
LinguisticExpression	is disjoint from Icon
ContentBearingObject	has relatedInternalConcept containsInformation
	is first domain of containsInformation
	is first domain of equivalentContentClass
	is first domain of equivalentContentInstance
	is first domain of subsumesContentClass
	is first domain of subsumesContentInstance
	is second domain of equivalentContentClass
	is second domain of equivalentContentInstance
	is second domain of subsumesContentClass
	is second domain of subsumesContentInstance
Object	is third domain of between
	is third domain of capability
	is third domain of connects

Kinds of Word :

• Adjective (2 facts) - One of the parts of speech. The Class of Words that conventionally denote Attributes of Objects
• Adverb (2 facts) - One of the parts of speech. The Class of Words that conventionally denote Attributes of Processes
• Noun (2 facts) - One of the parts of speech. The Class of Words that conventionally denote Objects
• Particle (2 facts) - 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
• Verb (2 facts) - One of the parts of speech. The Class of Words that conventionally denote Processes

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