Université de Montréal - Thèse sous forme numérique

226concordances of the candidate terms, we identified eight types of part of speech ambiguitiesthat led to the exclusion of the following 15 candidate terms, i.e. 38.5% of the eliminatedcandidate terms and 13.1% of the first 114 candidate terms:1. Ambiguity between the first person singular of the present tense of the verb andthe gerund of another verb, e.g. Tendo em conta os principios… / Tendoconcluído as respectivas alegações… (Eng. Taking into account theprinciples… / having finalized the respective allegations). This is the case of thecandidate term tender.2. Ambiguity between the first person singular of the present tense of the verb andthe derivative noun, e.g. Eu documento os acontecimentos / um documento(Eng. I register the events / a document). The noun is very frequent, whereas theverb form is not. This is the case of the candidate terms apensar, documentarand objectar.3. Ambiguity between the first person singular of the present tense of the verb andthe derivative adjective, e.g. Eu atento a tudo / comportamento atento (Eng. Ipay attention to everything / careful behaviour). The adjective is very frequent,whereas the verb form is not. This is the case of the candidate term atentar.4. Ambiguity between the third person singular of the present tense of the verb andthe derivative noun, e.g. O documento data de 200 / A data do documento (Eng.The document dates back to 2000 / The date of the document). The noun is veryfrequent, whereas the verb form is not. This is the case of the candidate termsdatar and morar.5. Ambiguity between the third person singular of the present tense of the verb andthe derivative adjective, e.g. Ele fixa a data / A data fixa (Eng. He sets up a day/ The fixed date). The adjective is very frequent, whereas the verb form is not.This is the case of the candidate terms atentar and fixar.