Re: Lisanek
| From: | wayne chevrier <wachevrier@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 20, 2001, 17:24 |
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David Peterson nevesht:
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>In a message dated 10/19/01 10:05:11 AM, wachevrier@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
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><< The man who left the room is a lawyer:
>man.the leave.CONJUNCT room.the PRED lawyer.a >>
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> Hmm... What does "conjunt" mean? Is it a type of past tense?
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>-David
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"Conjunct" (the term comes from a Cree grammar) refers to a verb form found
in subordinate/relative clauses, by itself acts like an adjective.
I did not mark tense in the example, since tense is always optional.
-Wayne Chevrier
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