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--1 Idiom: Idiomatic Expressions
concrete IdiomSom of Idiom = CatSom ** open Prelude, ResSom, VerbSom, NounSom, StructuralSom in {
-- This module defines constructions that are formed in fixed ways,
-- often different even in closely related languages.
lin
-- ImpersCl : VP -> Cl ; -- it is hot
-- GenericCl : VP -> Cl ; -- one sleeps
ImpersCl,
GenericCl = \vp -> predVP impersNP (passVP vp) ;
{-
CleftNP : NP -> RS -> Cl ; -- it is I who did it
CleftAdv : Adv -> S -> Cl ; -- it is here she slept
-}
-- : NP -> Cl ; -- there is a house
ExistNP np =
let vp = UseComp (CompNP np)
in predVP impersNP vp ;
{- ExistIP : IP -> QCl ; -- which houses are there
-- 7/12/2012 generalizations of these
ExistNPAdv : NP -> Adv -> Cl ; -- there is a house in Paris
ExistIPAdv : IP -> Adv -> QCl ; -- which houses are there in Paris
-}
-- : VP -> VP ;
ProgrVP vp = vp ** {
s = table {
VPres _ agr pol => vp.s ! VPres Progressive agr pol ;
VPast _ agr => vp.s ! VPast Progressive agr ;
VNegPast _ => vp.s ! VNegPast Progressive ;
x => vp.s ! x }
} ;
{- TODO: Saeed p. 92 and 207, optative
-- : VP -> Utt ; -- let's go
ImpPl1 vp = { } ;
ImpP3 : NP -> VP -> Utt ; -- let John walk
-- 3/12/2013 non-reflexive uses of "self"
SelfAdvVP : VP -> VP ; -- is at home himself
SelfAdVVP : VP -> VP ; -- is himself at home
SelfNP : NP -> NP ; -- the president himself (is at home)
-}
}