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How to pronounce “function word

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Pronunciation guide for function word

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of function word with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Something Deeply HiddenIn particular, we dubbed this the wave function,
Definition summary
(linguistics) A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, including conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, certain frequent adverbs.

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How to pronounce function word

Something Deeply Hidden

In particular, we dubbed this the wave function,

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Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (linguistics) A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, including conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, certain frequent adverbs.

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