Variable and Inherent Features, Agreement, Unicode Support
For Hebrew, NP has gender as its inherent feature — a field in the record. VP has gender as its variable feature — an argument of a table. In predication, the VP receives the gender of the NP.
Concrete syntax: Hebrew
concrete ZeroHeb of Zero = { flags coding=utf8 ; lincat S = Str ; NP = {s : Str ; g : Gender} ; VP, V2 = Gender => Str ; lin Pred np vp = np.s ++ vp ! np.g ; Compl v2 np = table {g => v2 ! g ++ "את" ++ np.s} ; John = {s = "ג׳ון" ; g = Masc} ; Mary = {s = "מרי" ; g = Fem} ; Love = table {Masc => "אוהב" ; Fem => "אוהבת"} ; param Gender = Masc | Fem ; }Read more about this topic: Grammatical Framework, Tutorial
Famous quotes containing the words variable, inherent and/or support:
“There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady’s head-dress.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of concluding; a bid to have the final word is inherent in all powerful phrase-making.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)
“... the outcome of the Clarence Thomas hearings and his subsequent appointment to the Supreme Court shows how misguided, narrow notions of racial solidarity that suppress dissent and critique can lead black folks to support individuals who will not protect their rights.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)