English translation:
such as
things like
emphasis
Structure:
Noun + なんか ・ なんて
いAdj + なんか ・ なんて
Verb + なんか ・ なんて
なAdj + なんか ・ なんて
Explanation:
[Used to emphasize emotions like anger, surprise etc in casual speech.]
In Maggie Sensei’s article it says,
「Basically you can replace なんて ( = nante) with なんか ( = nanka) when it comes after a noun and when you want to emphasize the word showing your strong emotion or belittle someone/something.
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However, you can’t replace なんて ( = nante) with なんか ( = nanka) when it comes after a verb or an adjective.」
But the grammar point directly conflicts with this. Which way is correct?
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Hey 
Maggie sensei is right, while など and なんて are used with verbs and adjectives なんか is generally used with nouns and なadjectives (that also work as nouns).
I have fixed the grammar point accordingly. Sorry for the problem and thank you for noticing the error!
By the way, なんか is also used with て form of the verb in てなんかいない construction which is used for emphasis:
泣いてなんかいないぞ！目から汗が出たのさ！
I am not doing something like crying! It’s just my eyes sweating.
Also, it is more common for なんか to be used with particles like に than なんて.
雨になんか負けないぞ！
I won’t lose to something like rain!
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It might also be good to capture in the readings that this is covered in DAJG, page 339.
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