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user:zeman:interset:brainstorming [2007/10/03 14:49] zeman Digits and roman numbers. |
user:zeman:interset:brainstorming [2007/10/03 17:37] zeman Definiteness. |
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* Now de-facto subpos of adjectives (normal or referencing). | * Now de-facto subpos of adjectives (normal or referencing). | ||
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==== reflex ==== | ==== reflex ==== | ||
* Attribute of referencing (pronomial) nouns and adjectives. Means reflexive reference to itself. Does not apply to numerals and adverbs. Czech examples: sebe, se, sobě, si, sebou (personal), svůj (possessive), | * Attribute of referencing (pronomial) nouns and adjectives. Means reflexive reference to itself. Does not apply to numerals and adverbs. Czech examples: sebe, se, sobě, si, sebou (personal), svůj (possessive), | ||
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+ | ==== definiteness ==== | ||
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+ | Bulgarian seems to be the reason why we need to separate the lexical definiteness (or demonstrativeness) from the morphological one. Most Bulgarian nouns, adjectives and pronouns allow for suffixes (-at, -ta, -to, -te) that change the default indefinite word forms to definite ones. Even indefinite pronouns (lexical definiteness = indefinite) can distinguish the two states. Thus, we have lexically indefinite morphologically indefinite word forms (нещо, едно), and lexically indefinite morphologically definite word forms (едната, | ||
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+ | Since having two definitnesses creates room for confusion, we ought to set both in decoders of all " | ||
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* gen ... generic cardinals (kolikero) or adjectives (kolikerý) | * gen ... generic cardinals (kolikero) or adjectives (kolikerý) | ||
* frac ... fractions (nouns: polovina, čtvrtina, sedmina) | * frac ... fractions (nouns: polovina, čtvrtina, sedmina) | ||
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* dem ... demonstrative pronoun (this, that) or adverb (here, there, now) | * dem ... demonstrative pronoun (this, that) or adverb (here, there, now) | ||
* two to three levels of distance, similar to persons 1/2/3 (this/that, aqui/ | * two to three levels of distance, similar to persons 1/2/3 (this/that, aqui/ | ||
- | * 0: distance neutral (?, to, takový, ten/onen, toho, tolik, ?, tehdy/ | + | * 0: distance neutral (?, to, takový, ten/onen, toho, tolik, ?, ?, ?, ?, tehdy/ |
- | * 1: close to me (?, ?, takovýto/ | + | * 1: close to me (?, ?, takovýto/ |
* 2: close to you | * 2: close to you | ||
- | * 3: close to none of us (?, ?, ?, tamten, tamtoho, ?, tam, ?, ?) | + | * 3: close to none of us (?, ?, ?, tamten, tamtoho, ?, tam, tamodtud/ |
- | * 4: distance neutral, same as something (?, ?, tentýž/ | + | * 4: distance neutral, same as something (?, ?, tentýž/ |
* ind ... indefinite pronoun (somebody, something), selective adjective (některý), | * ind ... indefinite pronoun (somebody, something), selective adjective (některý), | ||
* couple of levels of how many out of the total are included (few, a few, some, several, many) | * couple of levels of how many out of the total are included (few, a few, some, several, many) | ||
- | * none: NEGATIVE PRONOUNS: no quantity (nikdo, nic, nijaký, žádný, ničí, nula, nikde, nikdy, nijak) | + | * none: NEGATIVE PRONOUNS: no quantity (nikdo, nic, nijaký, žádný, ničí, nula, nikde, odnikud, nikudy, nikam, nikdy, ?, ?, nijak) |
- | * few: | + | * few: |
- | * some: quantitatively neutral (někdo, něco, nějaký, některý, něčí, několik, někde, někdy, nějak) | + | * some: quantitatively neutral (někdo, něco, nějaký, některý, něčí, několik, někde, odněkud, někudy, někam, někdy, odněkdy, doněkdy, nějak) |
- | * many: suggesting large quantity (leckdo, lecco, lecjaký, leckterý, lecčí, hodně/ | + | * many: suggesting large quantity (leckdo, lecco, lecjaký, leckterý, lecčí, hodně/ |
- | * arb: any you pick (not necessarily all at once, although the distinction is fuzzy) (kdokoli, cokoli, jakýkoli, kterýkoli, číkoli, kolik si vzpomenete, kdekoli, kdykoli, jakkoli) | + | * any: |
- | * all: | + | * all: |
* col/tot ... collective/ | * col/tot ... collective/ | ||