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Term Definition
POS
The acronym for Part of Speech.
Preposition
A word placed before a noun or noun phrase, indicating the relation of that noun
or noun phrase to a verb, an adjective, or another noun or noun phrase, such as
at, by, in, to, from, and with.
Prepositional phrase
A phrase that consists of a preposition plus the noun or noun phrase that it
governs, such as at the park, in reference to your letter, or from Mars.
Present participle
A verb form expressing present action, formed in English from the infinitive plus
-ing, which can be used with auxiliary verbs as in He is baking a cake; as an
adjective, the baking rack; or as a noun, as in, the act of baking.
Principal Word
The main word in an expression. For example, clip in paper clip. The Principal
Word is not necessarily the same as the Headword. In the expression paper clip
box, clip is the Principal Word, but box is the Headword.
Pronoun
A word that functions as a substitute for a noun or a noun phrase and
designates persons or things asked for, previously specified, or understood from
the context. For example, I, it, that, and which.
Proper noun
A noun belonging to the class of words used as names for individuals or places.
For example, Clinton or Boston.
S
Second person
A pronoun that refers to the listener. For example, you in You see or You are.
Also, a verb form that refers to the listener. For example, are in You are. Verb
inflection rarely indicates person in English, but in other languages, it often
does.
Semantic
Having to do with meaning.
Sentence
A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is
expressed or understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb.
Source
The language of the original text, before translation.
Specialized
Dictionary
A translation option that allows the translator to choose appropriate subject
areas for the document.
Stem Dictionary
The SYSTRAN dictionary that contains all forms of single words. See Expression
Dictionary.
Subjunctive
A verb form that indicates possibility, doubt, or desire rather than fact. For
example, “were” in I wish it were true, or “start” in I suggest you start
immediately.
Subordinate clause
A clause that modifies or expands on other clauses. A subordinate clause
modifies or expands on another clause. It cannot stand alone, as that he gave
in The account that he gave was true.
Subordinate clause
marker
A word that indicates a clause is a subordinate clause, such as that, which, or
who.
Subordinate phrase
A phrase that modifies or expands on other phrases.
Syntactic
Having to do with sentence structure.
T
Target
The language into which the text is translated.
Third person
A pronoun that refers to neither the speaker nor the listener. For example, He in
He is, She in She is, it in it is, or They in They are. Also, a verb form that refers to
neither the speaker nor the listener. For example, is in He is and She is, or are
in They are. Verb inflection rarely indicates person in English, but in other
languages, it often does.