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User’s Guide SYSTRAN 5.0 192
E
Embedded clause
A subordinate clause that is embedded in the middle of a main clause.
For example, The camera, which I bought yesterday, is already broken.
Expression
In SYSTRAN terminology, a noun phrase consisting of more than one
noun or any combination of nouns and adjectives, where the Head Word
is a noun, such as lug nut, Library of Congress, and red letter day.
Complete sentences are not valid SYSTRAN expressions; neither are
any phrases that contain verbs.
Expression
Dictionary
The SYSTRAN dictionary that contains expressions. See Stem
Dictionary.
F
Finite verb
A verb form that is limited in tense, person, and number, such as goes in
He goes.
First person
A pronoun that refers to the speaker. For example, I in I see, or We in
We are. Also, a verb form that refers to the speaker. For example, am in I
am, or are in We are. Verb inflection rarely indicates person in English,
but in other languages, it often does.
H
Head Word
In SYSTRAN terminology, the noun in a noun phrase that can change
when plural, such as nut in lug nut, Library in Library of Congress, and
day in red letter day.
Homograph
In SYSTRAN terminology, one of two or more words that have the same
spelling and are different parts of speech (for example, noun and verb, or
adjective and verb). For example, head as in head west or on the head,
and light, as in the light box and light the match.