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Note: These sentences are simplified (slightly modified) forms of from the following online grammar source: [http://aboutworldlanguages.com/warlpiri] | Note: These sentences are simplified (slightly modified) forms of from the following online grammar source: [http://aboutworldlanguages.com/warlpiri] | ||
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Revision as of 04:27, 3 March 2017
Initial evaluation of ambiguity
- Total number of tokens in corpus: 1416
- Total number of analyses in corpus: 1574
- Number of all forms: 635
- Number of unique forms: 492
Two readings of an ambiguous term
- ^kurdungku/kurdu<n><sg><guio><erg>$ ^witangku/wita<adj><guio><erg>/wita<adj><subst><guio><erg>$ ^ka/ka<vaux><pres>$ ^maliki/maliki<n><sg><guio><abs>$ ^wajilipinyi/wajilipinyi<vb><tv><pres>$^./.<sent>$
Translation: The small child is chasing the dog.
- ^witangku/wita<adj><guio><erg>/wita<adj><subst><guio><erg>$ ^ka/ka<vaux><pres>$ ^maliki/maliki<n><sg><guio><abs>$ ^wajilipinyi/wajilipinyi<vb><tv><pres>$^./.<sent>$
Translation: The small one is chasing the dog.
Note: These sentences are simplified (slightly modified) forms of from the following online grammar source: [1]
Constraints
We'll need to read adjectives as substantive when there is no other noun (or substantive adjective) in the sentence. When is another noun (or substantive adjectives) present with the same case marker, the adjective should not be read as substantive.
