[Lexicog] part of speech for phrases

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Moe" <ron_moe at sil.org>
To: <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 10:45 AM
Subject: RE: [Lexicog] part of speech for phrases


> But this is really something quite different (at least your example). The
> English Possessive phrase has the structure:
>
>    NP + 's + NP
>
> So the first NP is not some kind of unit lexeme, but a construction. I
want
> to avoid the (in my mind) erroneous pos labeling that I sometimes see:
>
> take a walk  *v. Walk for some time for recreation.
>
> Ron Moe
> SIL, Uganda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neal_Brinneman at sil.org [mailto:Neal_Brinneman at sil.org]
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:42 AM
> To: lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Lexicog] part of speech for phrases
>
> Ron,
> Phrases can sometimes be rank-shifted in the vocabulary of John
> Bendor-Samuel and take on the value of a noun or an adjective and in such
> cases can be treated like a word. e.g. "The woman with the limp's boy."
> Neal
>
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