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"inimigo" ADJ M P<br />

"inimigo" N M P<br />

(6a) microprocessadores<br />

"processador" N M P<br />

(6b) hidrelétrica<br />

"elétrico" ADJ F S<br />

(6c) neuropsicóloga<br />

"psicólogo" N F S<br />

In (7) both a prefixed and a suffixed analysis are found, and in (8) and (9) prefixes<br />

and suffixes are even present in the same reading. Dessacralização in (9) shows the<br />

phonetic interface rules at work, the s-doubling being necessary in order to retain the<br />

unvoiced [s] from the word-initial position in sacral. Also 'com-' in (7) exists in<br />

several phonetic variants (another is con-), 'com-' being used before 'p', 'b' and 'm'.<br />

(7) compactuar<br />

"compacto" V INF 0/1/3S<br />

"compacto" V FUT 1/3S SUBJ<br />

"pactuar" V INF 0/1/3S<br />

"pactuar" V FUT 1/3S SUBJ<br />

(8a) superfaturamento<br />

"faturar" N M S<br />

(8b) biodegradável<br />

"degradar" ADJ M/F S<br />

(9) dessacralização<br />

"sacralizar" N F S<br />

"sacral" N F S<br />

2.2.4 The dynamic lexicon<br />

2.2.4.1 Polylexical expressions<br />

It is useful to identify polylexical expressions of any frequency early in the analysis<br />

process, both in order to avoid unnecessary ambiguity of its element words and<br />

because the resulting complex word class may be better suited to a syntactic analysis<br />

than the individual word would.<br />

Some structures are, of course, hyphenated and thus easily recognised. In the<br />

lexicon, these are tagged for word class and, if necessary, their complex inflexion<br />

patterns. , for instance, means that a hyphenated noun or adjective with<br />

two elements, receives plural endings on both its elements, or, optionally, only on the<br />

second. Apart from pronominal and inflexional enclitics (cp. chapter 2.2.4.2), the<br />

elements of hyphenated word forms are first analysed individually by the tagger.<br />

This is necessary in order to recognise inflexion morphemes on the individual<br />

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