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The concept of closed and open classes is related to the idea of functional and lexical categories. An open class of speech is generally composed of the meaningful "'content' of the sentence"^[1] such as a a noun or verb, while a closed class consists of the functional content of the sentence and provides grammatical information.

References

^ Carnie, Andrew (2012). Syntax: A Generative Introduction. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-0-470-65531-3.

Carnie, Andrew. Syntax: A Generative Introduction. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. (2012) ISBN 0-978-0-470-65531-3

[Lexical_and_Functional_categories-1] Carnie, Andrew (2012). Syntax: A Generative Introduction. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-0-470-65531-3.

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