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6.2. UNIARAB: LEXICAL REPRESENTATION IN INTERLINGUA SYSTEM BASED ON RRG<br />

Figure 6.7: In<strong>for</strong>mation recorded on the <strong>Arabic</strong> adjective<br />

The Number attribute refers <strong>to</strong> the number of the adjective. In the <strong>Arabic</strong> language num-<br />

ber agreement <strong>for</strong> adjectives can be singular, dual or plural. Table 6.5 shows examples of<br />

two different <strong>Arabic</strong> adjective words, whose <strong>English</strong> translations are ‘short’ and ‘long’,<br />

please note that ‘long’ is def+.<br />

6.2.5 Demonstrative<br />

In the UniArab system we capture the in<strong>for</strong>mation shown in Figure 6.8 <strong>for</strong> each demon-<br />

strative. this consists of <strong>Arabic</strong> Demonstrative, <strong>English</strong> Translation, Demonstrative type,<br />

Gender and Number. <strong>Arabic</strong> Demonstratives represents a demonstrative in the <strong>Arabic</strong><br />

language. The <strong>English</strong> translation is the <strong>English</strong> equivalent of the <strong>Arabic</strong> Demonstra-<br />

tive. Demonstrative type can be, in the <strong>Arabic</strong> language, near <strong>to</strong> the speaker, far from the<br />

speaker or between near and far from the speaker. Gender is an <strong>Arabic</strong> attribute of the<br />

demonstrative. The Number attribute refers <strong>to</strong> number of the demonstrative. Table 6.6<br />

shows examples of two different <strong>Arabic</strong> demonstratives, whose <strong>English</strong> translations are<br />

‘this’ and ‘that’.<br />

Table 6.6: Demonstrative representative<br />

<strong>Arabic</strong> demonstrative hd ¯ ā d ¯ lk ֓awl֓yk<br />

<strong>English</strong> translation this that those<br />

Demonstrative type close far between near and far from the speaker<br />

Gender m m both m and f<br />

Number singular singular plural<br />

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