A computational grammar and lexicon for Maltese
A computational grammar and lexicon for Maltese
A computational grammar and lexicon for Maltese
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Table A.1: Description of the RGL categories, with examples. Taken from<br />
http://www.grammaticalframework.org/lib/doc/synopsis.html<br />
Category Explanation English <strong>Maltese</strong><br />
A one-place adjective warm sħun<br />
A2 two-place adjective married miżżeweġ<br />
AP adjectival phrase very warm sħun ħafna<br />
AdA adjective-modifying adverb very ħafna<br />
AdN numeral-modifying adverb at least mill-inqas<br />
AdV adverb directly attached to verb always dejjem<br />
Adv verb-phrase-modifying adverb in the house fid-dar<br />
Ant anteriority simultaneous, anterior<br />
CAdv comparative adverb more than iktar minn<br />
CN common noun (without determiner) red house dar ħamra<br />
Card cardinal number seven sebgħa<br />
Cl declarative clause, with all tenses she walks with you timxi magħkom<br />
Comp complement of copula, such as AP very warm sħun ħafna<br />
Conj conjunction <strong>and</strong> u<br />
Det determiner phrase those seven dawk is-seba’<br />
Digits cardinal or ordinal in digits 1,000/1,000th 1,000<br />
IAdv interrogative adverb why għalfejn<br />
IComp interrogative complement of copula where fejn<br />
IDet interrogative determiner how many kemm<br />
IP interrogative pronoun who min<br />
Imp imperative look at this ħares lejn dan<br />
Interj interjection alas s<strong>for</strong>tunatament<br />
N common noun house dar<br />
N2 relational noun brother ħu<br />
N3 three-place relational noun distance distanza<br />
NP noun phrase (subject or object) the red house id-dar ħamra<br />
Num number determining element seven sebgħa<br />
Numeral cardinal or ordinal in words five/fifth ħames/ħames<br />
Ord ordinal number (used in Det) seventh ħames<br />
PConj phrase-beginning conjunction there<strong>for</strong>e allura<br />
PN proper name Paris Pariġi<br />
Phr phrase in a text but don’t walk imma timxix<br />
Pol polarity positive, negative<br />
Predet predeterminer (prefixed Quant) all kollha<br />
Prep preposition, or just case in fi<br />
Pron personal pronoun she hi<br />
QCl question clause, with all tenses why does she walk għalfejn timxi<br />
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