Question

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

She was (late) in arriving at the party.
intensive
adjective
noun
empty word
verb

Answer 1

According to its class in structural linguistics, the word late is used as an adjective in this sentence. It isn't a noun or a word, and since it has a meaning it cannot be an empty word. Since it doesn't intensify anything, it isn't an intensive either.