[General] What part of speech is this phrase?

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If I want to know how a phrase work (as an adjective, adverb, etc) in a sentence. Is it natural to ask:

What part of speech is this phrase?
 
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If I want to know how a phrase works (as an adjective, adverb, etc) in a sentence, is it natural to ask:

What part of speech is this phrase?
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No.

What kind of phrase is this?
 
If I want to know the part of speech of a word in a sentence. Is it natural to ask "What part of speech is this word"?
 
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Yes, and I think you already knew that.
 
The commonly accepted "parts of speech" refer to individual words, not phrases. Have a look HERE.
 
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