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SEMANTIC TAGS<br />

The tables below provide definitions (third column) and examples (last column) for<br />

all semantic noun prototypes (first column) used in the - ongoing - work described in<br />

chapter 6. The figures in column 2 refer to the number of different lexicon entries<br />

that bear a given feature. An asterisk after that number indicates that the category in<br />

question is an umbrella category to be phased out in favour of more specific<br />

(sub)categories.<br />

ANIMATE HUMAN<br />

H 2144* +HUM-noun, human being -> cf. more<br />

specific categories below<br />

- 458 -<br />

achacador ‘kidnapper’,<br />

acionário ‘shareholder’, inimigo<br />

‘enemy’<br />

HM 223 mystical or religious entity, constellations in anjo ‘angel’, duende ‘goblin’,<br />

astrology<br />

hidra ‘Hydra’, tauro ‘Taurus’<br />

N 341 national -> cp. ADJ , N cigano ‘gypsy’, escandinavo<br />

‘Scandinavian’<br />

prof 1333 professional -or: escritor ‘author’, filósofo<br />

‘philosopher’<br />

fam 94 family member pai ‘father’, mãe ‘mother’<br />

title 273 +HUM, often governing name<br />

(a) regular title<br />

(b) others, apart from or <br />

(a) rei ‘king’, presidente<br />

‘president’, senhor ‘mister’, (b)<br />

moça ‘girl’, colega ‘collegue’<br />

+n 31 -HUM, potentially governing name restaurante ‘restaurant’, plano<br />

‘plan’, rua ‘street’<br />

attr 580 attributive +HUM noun, often used as @N< comunista ‘communist’<br />

HH 507 group of H companhia ‘company’, equipe<br />

‘team’<br />

parti 20 (political) party PT ‘Labour’<br />

inst 498 institution [also topological] igreja ‘the church’, polícia ‘the<br />

police’, -ria: padaria ‘bakery’<br />

h 2372 +HUM-adjective jubiloso ‘jubilant’, louco ‘crazy’<br />

n 4308 nationality-adjective dinamarquês ‘Danish’<br />

ANIMATE NON-HUMAN, MOVING<br />

A 70* +ANIM, -HUM<br />

AM not yet mythological animal pégaso ‘Pegasus’, licorne<br />

‘unicorn’<br />

AB 40 bacteria, cells macrófago ‘macrophage’<br />

zo 705 animal, including mammals aligátor ‘alligator’, tênia ‘tapeworm’,<br />

babuíno ‘baboon’<br />

D 278 mammal, especially domestic cavalo ‘horse’, vaca ‘cow’<br />

orn 504 bird bem-te-vi ‘Pitangus-bird’,<br />

canário ‘canary’<br />

ent 171 insect saúva ‘ant’, formiga ‘ant’

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