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In advanced English morphosyntax and categorical classification, words can shift their grammatical category based on their syntactic distribution and morphological markers. Consider the following complex sentence containing multiple polysemous and derived lexical items:"The empirical researcher argued earnestly that what seemed like a minor anomaly warranted immediate investigation."Identify the option that correctly designates the parts of speech for the underlined words: (1) empirical, (2) earnestly, (3) what, and (4) warranted in their respective sentential contexts.
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Detailed Explanation
To correctly identify the parts of speech in the given sentence, we analyze each underlined word's syntactic role and distributional properties: (1) 'Empirical' modifies the noun 'researcher', functioning attributively as an Adjective. (2) 'Earnestly' modifies the verb 'argued' by indicating the manner of the action, functioning as an Adverb. (3) 'What' introduces a nominal relative clause ('what seemed like a minor anomaly') acting as the subject of the clause, thereby functioning as a Relative/Nominal Pronoun. (4) 'Warranted' serves as the main predicate verb of the independent clause, expressing an action performed by the subject clause, hence functioning as a Verb. For a deeper understanding of word classes and lexical categorization, refer to the Wikipedia Reference on parts of speech.
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