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2.2.5.2 The individual word classes and inflexional tag combinations
In this section the different word classes are presented together with their primary
and secondary tags. The tables list primary tags in the first column, and secondary
tags in the second column. Examples for the usage of the primary tags are given
directly under the word class heading in the form of a simple (non-exhaustive) list,
while examples for secondary tag usage are entered in the third column of the tables
themselves, matching line by line the second column tags to be illustrated. An
apostroph after an inflexion feature (e.g., M’ in the noun section) means the category
in question (gender, in the case of M’) is a lexeme category (i.e. can not be freely
inflected in that word class). If different, the corresponding lexicon entry for a word
class and its lexeme features is given in square brackets.
N nouns (some abbreviations)
livro N M' S
árvore N F' S
leoa N F S
comunista N M'/F' S
xícaras N F P
WORD FORM and
LEXEME CATEGORIES
gender
M' (M) male [sm]
F' (F) female [sf]
M'/F' male/female [smf]
number
S (S') singular [smS, sfS]
P (P') plural [smP, sfP]
(S'/P') [smSP, sfSP, smfSP]
SYNTACTIC SUB-CLASSES
(secondary tags)
title
measure
unit
series
countable
mass noun
attributive use likely
likely adv. object
PP-valency
PROP proper nouns (some abbreviations)
WORD FORM and
LEXEME CATEGORIES
(o) Brasil PROP M' S'
(os) Apeninos PROP M' P'
(a) Funai PROP F' S'
SYNTACTIC SUB-CLASSES
(secondary tags)
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TEXT EXAMPLES
senhor Freire
uma garrafa de vinho
20 metros
cap. 7
árvores
dinheiro
uma mulher comunista
durar anos
uma discussão sobre
a idéia de visitá-lo
TEXT EXAMPLES