fixed: fixed multiword expression
The fixed relation is used for certain fixed grammaticalized expressions. Such expressions tend to behave like function words. They include:
- Coordinate conjunction tamas ka i o “or”
- Prepositions ams ai “near”, soas ǃnâ “instead of”, etc.
- Adverbial s tsin(a) “also” <!–* Disconnected determiner that surrounds a nominal mâ … hoa “every”
- Disconnected assertive auxiliary kom … o –>
Fixed MWEs are annotated in a flat structure, where all subsequent words in the expression are attached to the first one using the fixed label. The assumption is that these expressions do not have any internal syntactic structure (except from a historical perspective) and that the structural annotation is in principle arbitrary.
Î , hî-î , tama/[ExtPos=CONJ] s ka i o ǁkha ts a s kōse . \n Yes , no , or1 or2 or3 or4 or5 can you STAT.PRS NMLZ until .
fixed(tama, s)
fixed(tama, ka)
fixed(tama, i)
fixed(tama, o)
cc(ǁkha, tama)
fixed(or1, or2)
fixed(or1, or3)
fixed(or1, or4)
fixed(or1, or5)
cc(can, or1)
fixed in other languages: [bg] [bm] [cop] [cs] [de] [el] [en] [eu] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gd] [gsw] [hbo] [hy] [id] [it] [ja] [ka] [ky] [naq] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tr] [u] [xcl]