ExtPos: external part of speech
| Values: | ADP | ADV | CCONJ | DET | SCONJ |
This feature indicates, for the head of a fixed expression, the effective UPOS of the full expression when it differs from the UPOS of the word itself. he main motivation for ExtPos is that the multiword expression may behave like a part of speech different from the UPOS of the head node; however, ExtPos is sometimes used even if it is identical to the UPOS of the head node.
ADP: adposition-like expression
Examples
- khākhoen di ǃomǁae ǁnā “fall in the hands of the enemy”
ADV: adverb-like expression
Examples
- ǁîs ǃnâs tsîna ta ge ǀgôaba ūhâ. “I have a child also with her.” (s = PART)
DET: determiner-like expression
Examples
- ǀnî khama kō dîrode “some questions”
CCONJ: coordinating conjunction-like expression
Examples
- gaob tamas ka i o gaos “king or queen” (tama = PART)
SCONJ: subordinate conjunction-like expression
Examples
- ǁnāpa xu ta ge ǃgû ǃnūb ai “as I left from there” (ǃnūb = NOUN)
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