Charles Fries' 

classification of words
 CHARLES CARPENTER
FRIES
 Charles Fries was an
American linguist
whose works dealt with
structural linguistics. He
conducted diachronic
and synchronic studies
of the English language,
prepared a series of
English-language
textbooks for foreigners,
and developed scientific
principles for the study
of foreign languages.
traditional classification of words includes:
1. Noun,
2. Verb,
3. Adjective,
4. Adverb,
5. Pronoun,
6. Preposition,
7. Conjunction,
8. Interjection
 Traditional classification

Parts of Speech

Functional Parts of
Speech
Basic Parts of Speech

Verb

Noun
Adjective

Adverb
 Fries’ classification

Words

Function Words
Parts of Speech

Class IV:
Class I: Adverb
All noun + some Except: not, very,
pronouns there, when, yes, no

Class II: Class III:

Verbs Adjectives
 Fries’ classification

Words

Function Words
Parts of Speech

Class IV:
Class I: Adverb
All noun + some Except: not, very,
pronouns there, when, yes, no

Class II: Class III:

Verbs Adjectives
 Fries’ classification of Functional Parts of Speech
Group A Parts of Speech
Determiners

Functional Parts of Basic Parts of Speech

Group B
may Speech
Group O
Let’s
Group C
Not Group N
please
Group D
Very (Degree Group M
Words) Look, say

Group G Group I Group L

Group E Yes, no
Do When
And
Group F Group H Group J Group K
At there After Well
 Fries’ classification

Words

Function Words
Parts of Speech

Class IV:
Class I: Adverb
All noun + some Except: not, very,
pronouns there, when, yes, no

Class II: Class III:

Verbs Adjectives
 Fries’ classification

Words

Function Words
Parts of Speech

Class IV:
Class I: Adverb
All noun + some Except: not, very,
pronouns there, when, yes, no

Class II: Class III:

Verbs Adjectives
 Fries’ classification of Functional Parts of Speech
Group A Parts of Speech
Determiners

Functional Parts of Basic Parts of Speech

Group B
may Speech
Group O
Let’s
Group C
Not Group N
please
Group D
Very (Degree Group M
Words) Look, say

Group G Group I Group L

Group E Yes, no
Do When
And
Group F Group H Group J Group K
At there After Well
Fries’ Classification.
Class I:
Nouns + some
pronouns:
we, they, these, those,
who, which, what,
both, others, some,
several

Traditional Classification.
Class “pronouns”:
All pronouns
 Traditional Traditional
Fries’ Fries’
group group
Group G Group K
PREPOSITIO INTERJECTIO
Do Well
N N

Fries’ Fries’
Classification. Classification.
Group E (and, or, group J (when, so,
not, nor, but, because, before,
rather than) since)

Traditional
Classification.
Class
CONJUNCTION
 Fries’
Group A
Determiners

There is no analogue in the traditional classification.

It includes only definite article THE.
 Список использованных источников

1. Ильиш, Б.А. Современный английский язык:

теоретический курс – М.: Издательство
литературы на иностранных языках, 1948.
2. Fries, C.C. The Structure of English. An Introduction
to the Construction of English Sentences – New
York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952.
3. Горбунов, Е.Ю. Тезаурусный подход к
моделированию английской морфологической
терминологии // Вестник СамГУ, 2006, №10/2
(50).