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Central semantic of value
common noun
Common nouns are nouns that are not proper nouns (see for tests the negation of the tests for proper nouns). We provide here some examples for a range of semantic sub-classes.
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D e s c r i p t i o n
E x a m p l e s
concrete nouns
une
maison
/
type=com
, un
homme
/
type=com
abstract nouns
la
justesse
/
type=com
, le
travail
/
type=com
measurements
un
litre
/
type=com
, un
bol
/
type=com
de lait
divisions
un
demi
/
type=com
, un
tiers
/
type=com
, etc.
currencies
le
dollar
/
type=com
, le
franc
/
type=com
inhabitants
un
Français
/
type=com
, un
Africain
/
type=com
professions
un
avocat
/
type=com
, un
docteur
/
type=com
designation of persons
une
dame
/
type=com
names of animals and plants
un
lion
/
com
names of months
mai
/
type=com
names of weekdays
lundi
/
type=com
names of feast days, public holidays
Pâques
/
type=com
names of literary, philosophical, etc. currents
le
surréalisme
/
type=com
cardinal points
le
nord
/
type=com
, le
sud
/
type=com
, etc.
abbreviations for descriptive NP's
un
H.L.M.
/
type=com
numbers
le
trois
/
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