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user:zeman:interset:features [2015/01/21 14:44] zeman Light verb. |
user:zeman:interset:features [2015/02/10 11:31] zeman New feature: position. |
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| sup | superlative, | | sup | superlative, | ||
| abs | absolute superlative | | | abs | absolute superlative | | ||
+ | | dim | diminutive (used for nouns e.g. in Dutch: " | ||
===== person ===== | ===== person ===== | ||
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In quite a few languages, finite verb forms agree in person and number with the subject. In Basque, a subset of verbs agree with up to three arguments: one in the absolutive case, one in ergative and one in dative. To distinguish the different values of person, number (and politeness and rarely even gender), there are special features for each of the three arguments. Their names contain the three-letter code of the case of the argument: '' | In quite a few languages, finite verb forms agree in person and number with the subject. In Basque, a subset of verbs agree with up to three arguments: one in the absolutive case, one in ergative and one in dative. To distinguish the different values of person, number (and politeness and rarely even gender), there are special features for each of the three arguments. Their names contain the three-letter code of the case of the argument: '' | ||
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+ | ===== position ===== | ||
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+ | Adjectives in some languages (e.g. in Dutch) have different forms depending on how and where they are used. The same may hold for determiners (including possessive pronouns), quantifiers, | ||
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+ | Note: This feature has been introduced because of the '' | ||
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+ | | **Value** | **Description** | | ||
+ | | prenom | modifies a following noun; Dutch " | ||
+ | | postnom | modifies a preceding noun; Dutch " | ||
+ | | nom | adjective constituting a noun phrase, inflected as a noun; Dutch " | ||
+ | | free | adjective used independently, | ||
===== subcat ===== | ===== subcat ===== | ||
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| part | participle (present (" | | part | participle (present (" | ||
| trans | transgressive, | | trans | transgressive, | ||
- | | ger | [[http:// | + | | ger | [[http:// |
+ | | gdv | [[http:// | ||
===== mood ===== | ===== mood ===== |