Main Types of word meaning Grammatical meaning (1)Word-class: different parts of speech of words. (2)Inflectional paradigm: for nouns,the plural form and the genitive case form; for main verbs,the verb endings:-s,-ing,-ed; for adjectives and adverbs,the comparative-er and the superlative -est form of gradable ones.Main Types of word meaning Grammatical meaning (1) Word-class: different parts of speech of words. (2) Inflectional paradigm: for nouns, the plural form and the genitive case form; for main verbs, the verb endings: -s, -ing, -ed; for adjectives and adverbs, the comparative –er and the superlative –est form of gradable ones