0 in grammar, a word such as a conjunction, preposition, or pronoun that is used to show the relationship between other words in a sentence or phrase
However, the experimental literature on function word and content word lexical access times does not support this.
In some cases, a particular phonological form may correspond to both a content and a function word.
It is doubtful that in such cases an empty, intervening node exists, waiting to be filled in when the relevant function word class is learned.
The number of utterances where the function word matches the context was calculated, and compared with the number where the content word matches.
It also includes information about cross-linguistic variation in function word growth.
Another example is gone, a well-known function word in early child language.
When effects were found in function word subsets, they were consistent with the results for corresponding content word subsets.
No effects of preceding word frequency were found in any content or function word subsets tested, or in function words.
