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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear All,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We have the following questions regarding the 2002 JCHAT
conventions for morphemization. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>1) How should continuous present verbs be transcribed on
the %MOR line? For example, how should the verb <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>naiteru</span></b> appear? As <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>v:c|nak(u)-PRES</span></b>
? We could not find anything on continuous present tense verbs in the 2002 MOR
Manual that we downloaded. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>2) How should <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>nda</span></b>
be transcribed (e.g., kaku nda)? In the 1998 manual, it is classified under
Copula and Auxiliaries, but it is not mentioned in the 2002 manual. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3) How should <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>kirei ni</span></b>
be transcribed? (And does the ni make this phrase an adverbial adjective or an
adverb?)</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>4) In order to code a verb as "connective",
must it be followed by a subsidiary verb?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thank you,</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Linda R. Cote, Ph.D.</span></font></p>
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