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Identify the italicized word according to its class in structural linguistics.

There are no easy answers.
intensive
adjective
noun
empty word
verb

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The correct answer is 'empty word', because such words don't really have an important meaning, they are there just as grammatical links or markers. They only have grammatical function, and no meanings in themselves.
The other options are incorrect, 'there' doesn't fit in any of them.
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