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The POS-marking issue relates to the language as a whole, and should be borne in mind when the noun, adjective, and verb morphologies are being defined. | The POS-marking issue relates to the language as a whole, and should be borne in mind when the noun, adjective, and verb morphologies are being defined. | ||
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I prefer to use as much word-derivation and -composition as possible. Possible solutions for the mentioned examples: | I prefer to use as much word-derivation and -composition as possible. Possible solutions for the mentioned examples: | ||
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- | --- //[[fenris@wh17.tu-dresden.de|Fenris Wolf]] 2014/02/13 17:03// | + | |
+ | ===== Affix overloading ===== | ||
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+ | This is a continuation of the POS-marking issue. In summary, the same affix can be used on words from different parts of speech to produce words of different meanings. Here are three examples. | ||
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+ | * Suffix **-e** for plural AND infinitive; thus noun/ | ||
+ | * Suffix **-er** for agents AND positive comparative adjectives. The rule would be that noun/verb + ER = person, but adjective + ER = "more ...". It is likely that many roots will end ER (**offer, bruder, fujer**, etc.) so whatever we choose, there will be //superficial// ambiguity here. The only restriction with this overload is that when a standalone adjective is to denote a person, it cannot take the personal suffix; e.g. "the good one" must be **de gud** and NOT **de guder**. And an unfortunate consequence is a " | ||
+ | * Past tense and past/ |