pos-delimitation tables

The delimitation between nouns and residuals, specifically foreign material, is difficult and often relying on semantic criteria. We are aware that this distinction cannot be straightforwardly drawn with automatic methods; however, we believe that the distinction should be drawn.

pos=noun pos=resid

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e

nouns containing special characters (abbreviations etc) nach §/noun   218, H2O/noun   nonwords with no obvious nominal meaning Vierkantma"s 80x80x80/[resid & formula]  

Foreign names, one word, referring to an entity A/frgn   fish/frgn   called/frgn   Wanda/frgn   foreign inclusions in German text, proverbials, Latin expressions last/[resid & frgn]   but/[resid & frgn]   not/[resid & frgn]   least/[resid & frgn]  

Foreign names, more than word, referring to cities, institutions New/noun   York/noun  , University/noun   of/noun   Michigan/noun   foreign inclusions in German text, not participating in syntax Der ber"uhmte ``dedazo/frgn  '' (Fingerzeig) funktioniert immer noch.

Truncation, second part (head of compound) Haust"uren und -fenster/noun   Truncation, first part (nonhead) Haus-/trunc   und Fenstert"uren

pos=verb pos=resid

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e

verbal parts of German complex proper nouns Der Film `` der Spion, der mich liebte/verb   '' verbal parts of foreign complex proper nouns `` When Harry met/[resid & frgn]   Sally ''

pos=resid pos=adpos

D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e D e s c r i p t i o n E x a m p l e

zu as a verbal particle sie essen, um zu/resid   leben zu as an adposition er wollte zu/adpos   dieser alten Burg wandern