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== KIC == | == KIC == | ||
| − | #Number of Tokens: 1299 | + | #Total Number of Tokens: 1299; Total Number of Analysis: 1338 |
| − | #Initial Ambiguity: | + | #Initial Ambiguity is 1.05177791641 (13488/12824) |
| + | #Final Ambiguity is 1.01480963209 (174050/171510) | ||
| + | === Bilingual Corpus === | ||
| + | #Words with more than one analysis: oskiikia for both young and new. (see below) | ||
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| + | === Monolingual Corpus === | ||
| + | #Words that have different tags: iina <det> and <prn>. | ||
== KIC → ENG == | == KIC → ENG == | ||
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| + | === oskiki === | ||
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| + | In Kickapoo, the same verb stem oskiki means both "new" and young. It refers to different meanings in English depending on the context. Here are some examples collected in text: | ||
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| + | -oskiki- as ''new'': | ||
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| + | oskiikia otamaakana. The cigarette is new. | ||
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| + | -oskiki- as ''young'': | ||
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| + | eeskiikia nekyaa. My mother is young. | ||
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| + | Note that variations of the stem is described as below in the Voorhis: If the first syllable begins with the vowel /o/, this vowel changes to /æ/ or <ee> in Kickapoo | ||
| + | standard orthography. | ||
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| + | The rule that we chose to assign is: | ||
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| + | <rule weight="1.2"> | ||
| + | <match lemma="oskiiki" tags="v.*"> | ||
| + | <select lemma="be young" tags="vblex.*"/> | ||
| + | </match> | ||
| + | <match lemma="ky" tags="n.*"/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | === iina === | ||
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| + | Similar to English this/that, the word iina can either be a denominator or a pronoun. | ||
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| + | -iina- as determiner: | ||
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| + | Iini iina nekuti epapakethomeha ekanaiichi. And that one motorcyclist said. | ||
| + | |||
| + | -iina- as pronoun: | ||
| + | |||
| + | Iina nethiimeea. That's my younger brother. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Rules applied: | ||
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| + | REMOVE Prn | ||
| + | IF (-1 BOS) (0 Prn) (0 Det) (1 Noun) (2 EOS) ; | ||
| + | |||
| + | REMOVE Det | ||
| + | IF (-1 Cnj) (0 Prn) (0 Det) (1 Num); | ||
Latest revision as of 15:31, 1 May 2026
KIC
- Total Number of Tokens: 1299; Total Number of Analysis: 1338
- Initial Ambiguity is 1.05177791641 (13488/12824)
- Final Ambiguity is 1.01480963209 (174050/171510)
Bilingual Corpus
- Words with more than one analysis: oskiikia for both young and new. (see below)
Monolingual Corpus
- Words that have different tags: iina <det> and <prn>.
KIC → ENG
oskiki
In Kickapoo, the same verb stem oskiki means both "new" and young. It refers to different meanings in English depending on the context. Here are some examples collected in text:
-oskiki- as new:
oskiikia otamaakana. The cigarette is new.
-oskiki- as young:
eeskiikia nekyaa. My mother is young.
Note that variations of the stem is described as below in the Voorhis: If the first syllable begins with the vowel /o/, this vowel changes to /æ/ or <ee> in Kickapoo standard orthography.
The rule that we chose to assign is:
<rule weight="1.2">
<match lemma="oskiiki" tags="v.*">
<select lemma="be young" tags="vblex.*"/>
</match>
<match lemma="ky" tags="n.*"/>
iina
Similar to English this/that, the word iina can either be a denominator or a pronoun.
-iina- as determiner:
Iini iina nekuti epapakethomeha ekanaiichi. And that one motorcyclist said.
-iina- as pronoun:
Iina nethiimeea. That's my younger brother.
Rules applied:
REMOVE Prn
IF (-1 BOS) (0 Prn) (0 Det) (1 Noun) (2 EOS) ;
REMOVE Det
IF (-1 Cnj) (0 Prn) (0 Det) (1 Num);
