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Transcategorization phenomena with other pos-values

Transcategorization phenomena or confusions can be made between the pos values noun and verb, adjective and verb & pres.part, adjective and verb & pass.part, interjection and verb.

pos=noun pos=verb
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
nominalized infinitivesi conti del dare/noun   e dell' avere/noun  infinitives in verbal contextNon posso dare/verb  
nominalized past participlesla ritenuta/noun   d'accontopast participles used in a verbal contextMaria e' stata ritenuta/verb  idonea
il passato/noun  oggi ormai Š passato/verb  
e' un detenuto/noun   modelloil record detenuto/verb   da Tomba
nominalized present participlei giovani amanti/noun  present participle used in a verbal contextamanti/verb   della vita
e' un militante/noun   del partitoMario, militante/verb   nelle fila ...

pos=adj pos=verb, vf-m=part, tns=pres
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
present participles lexicalized as adjun uomo molto presente/adj   a se stessopresent participlesl'uomo, presente/vpp   in sala,
e' un comunista militante/adj  l'uomo, da anni militante/vpp   nelle fila ...

pos=adj pos=verb, vf-m=part, tns=past
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
past participles lexicalized as adjormai e' acqua passata/adj  past participlepassata/vpr   una settimana,
un uomo molto deciso/adj  egli, deciso/vpr   a partire,



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