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In what follows we describe how prefixation is annotated in the database | In what follows we describe how prefixation is annotated in the database | ||
- | The general guideline that we followed in determining if a verb is prefixed or not is ‘if it can be taken to be a prefix, then it is a prefix’ where the starting point were existing lists of prefixes in BCS and Slovenian (Babić 1986, Klajn 2002 for BCMS, Toporišič 2000 for Slovenian). | + | The general guideline that we followed in determining if a verb is prefixed or not is ‘if something |
To this end, the first step was to determine if a verb that seems to be prefixed has an unprefixed pair, e.g. Slovenian // | To this end, the first step was to determine if a verb that seems to be prefixed has an unprefixed pair, e.g. Slovenian // | ||
- | If the seemingly prefixed verb does not have an unprefixed pair, we have checked if a verb with the same root, but a different prefix exists. If it does, the verb was taken to be prefixed and annotated as such. Examples of this kind are, for example, verbs with the root // | + | If the seemingly prefixed verb does not have an unprefixed pair, we have checked if a verb with the same root, but a different prefix exists. If it does, the verb was taken to be prefixed and annotated as such. Examples of this kind are, for example, verbs with the root // |
In general, the annotation shows if the verb is prefixed and, if it is, which prefixes are present on the verb (see below). The column **Prefixed_verb** shows if a verb has prefix or prefixes (1) or not (0). | In general, the annotation shows if the verb is prefixed and, if it is, which prefixes are present on the verb (see below). The column **Prefixed_verb** shows if a verb has prefix or prefixes (1) or not (0). | ||
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| Slo| sporazumeti| raz| po| s|‘to understand.pfv’; | | Slo| sporazumeti| raz| po| s|‘to understand.pfv’; | ||
- | ===== Issues | + | ===== Additional information |
==== Potentially prefixed==== | ==== Potentially prefixed==== | ||
- | Some verbs cannot be annotated as prefixed using the criteria described above, | + | If the verb cannot be annotated as prefixed using the criteria described above, |
- | For instance, in BCS, the verb //zataškati// ‘to cover up.pfv’ seems to include the prefix za- (which seems to retain the same meaning as in some other verbs with za-), but the base //taškati// is not attested independently nor with other prefixes. | + | ^ Language ^ Example |
+ | | BCS | za-taškati| ‘to cover up’| 1 |+po-taškati, *na-taškati ... *taškati | ||
+ | | Slo| odmevati| 'to echo'| 1 |*za-mevato, | ||
- | Also marked in the Potentially prefixed column are verbs that seem prefixed, but no unprefixed pair or a pair with a different prefix exist, however there exist a noun that has the same base. Consider the example // | ||
- | Finally, | + | Finally, verbs that are taken to be potentially prefixed are not taken to be simplex (i.e. they are marked with a 0 in column |
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- | ^ Language ^ Example | ||
- | | BCS | prednjačiti| pred+njač| 1 |‘to lead.ipfv’ | ||
- | | Slo| prednjačiti| prednjač| 1 |‘to lead.ipfv’ | ||
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| Slo| odmevati| 1 |‘to echo.ipfv’, | | Slo| odmevati| 1 |‘to echo.ipfv’, | ||
- | === Complex prefixes | + | === Issues |
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+ | In some cases it is unclear whether the item in question is a single prefix or if it could be further separated. One such example is Slovenian // | ||
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+ | Loan prefixes were not annotated as prefixes (e.g., //re//- in // | ||
- | In some verbs it is unclear whether the item in question is a single prefix or if it could be further separated. One such example is Slovenian izpod- | ||
^ Language ^ Example | ^ Language ^ Example | ||
- | | Slo| izpodbiti| pod| iz| 0|‘to refute.pfv’| | + | | Slo| izpodbiti| pod| iz| 0|‘to refute’| |
+ | | BCMS| destabilizovati | 0| 0| 0|‘to ‘destabilize’| |
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