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Recategorization of nouns

Nouns can be recategorized in some cases as adjectives (see semantic criterion):

recategorization of nouns
D e s c r i p t i o nE x a m p l e s
noun to adjective, if the noun ``looses its semantic autonomy''une voiture sport /pos=a  
une robe saumon /pos=a  
un pantalon homme /pos=a  
no recategorization of the noun if its semantic autonomy remainscet historien autobiographe /pos=n  
un livre cadeau /pos=n  
une formation logiciels /pos=n