# Idiomatic expressions

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- Idiomatic expressions

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# Idiomatic expressions

        abstract Idiom = Cat ** {

This module defines constructions that are formed in fixed ways, often different even in closely related languages.

          fun
            ExistNP   : NP -> Cl ;    -- there is a house
            ImpersCl  : VP -> Cl ;    -- it rains
            GenericCl : VP -> Cl ;    -- one sleeps

            ProgrVP   : VP -> VP ;    -- sleeping

        }