A generic framework for Arabic to English machine ... - Acsu Buffalo
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3.3 Noun phrase structure<br />
Figure 3.7: <strong>Arabic</strong> LSC<br />
3.3. NOUN PHRASE STRUCTURE<br />
Noun phrases refer, while clauses predicate, and yet there are striking parallels between<br />
the structure of the two which have long been noted. For example, both can be said <strong>to</strong><br />
have arguments; while this is obvious in the case of verbs in clauses, it is also clear that<br />
relational nouns like father, friend and sister can take what could be analyzed as argu-<br />
ments, e.g. father of James / James’s father, a friend of Khalid / Khalid’s friend and the<br />
other sister of Sarah / Sarah’s other sister. Clauses sometimes have clauses within them<br />
as arguments, as in Zaid believed that pollution isn’t a problem, and the same is true of<br />
NPs, e.g. Zaid’s belief that pollution isn’t a problem. Given these parallels, it would be<br />
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