Difference between revisions of "Nheengatú and Portuguese/Lexical Selection"
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+ | ===="Nheenga"==== | ||
+ | '''Lexical item:''' Nheenga. | ||
+ | '''Equivalence in Portuguese (Target Language):''' "Palavra" ("word") or "língua" ("language") | ||
+ | '''Disambiguation generalization:''' "Nheenga" most likely will have the meaning of "língua" when there is any instance of the verb "to speak" in the sentence. Additionally, chances are this should be the translation if "nheenga" is associated with the genitive case (check examples below for further detail.) "Palavra," therefore, should be the general case. | ||
+ | '''Nheenga meaning "língua":''' # Aikué miraitá upurungitá uaá amu nheengaitá São Gabriel upé: Baniua, Tukano, Desana, Ianomámi. |
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One-to-many mapping
"Nheenga"
Lexical item: Nheenga. Equivalence in Portuguese (Target Language): "Palavra" ("word") or "língua" ("language") Disambiguation generalization: "Nheenga" most likely will have the meaning of "língua" when there is any instance of the verb "to speak" in the sentence. Additionally, chances are this should be the translation if "nheenga" is associated with the genitive case (check examples below for further detail.) "Palavra," therefore, should be the general case. Nheenga meaning "língua": # Aikué miraitá upurungitá uaá amu nheengaitá São Gabriel upé: Baniua, Tukano, Desana, Ianomámi.