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Preliminary Recommendations

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This feature is not currently coded in the Greek Morphological Lexicon. However, it can be applied to the Greek language. In this case, the table of the attribute-value set could take the following form:

Attribute Value Gr. example Gr. tag
Type main ghrafw -
aux ehw -
cop eimai -
l-spec impers prepei -

The verb `eimai' in Greek acts as a main, copular or auxiliary verb. In the majority of the cases, the linguistic context contributes to the resolution of the ambiguity:

``To vivlio einai panw sto trapezi'' (prep. - main)
``To vivlio einai teleiwmeno'' (past. part. - aux)
``To vivlio einai katharo'' (adj. - cop.)

The verb `ehw' acts both as an auxiliary and as a main verb. Again, the linguistic context serves for disambiguation purposes:

``O Ghiannys ehei spiti'' (noun - main)
``O Ghiannys ehei teleiwsei'' (inf. - aux)

Impersonal verbs are peculiar to the Greek language. Under this class, we include verbs used only in the third singular person, which do not take a subject. In the case of verbs denoting weather phenomena, there is no subject, while in the case of impersonal verbs denoting modality, these are followed by a secondary clause:

``Exw vrehei''
``O Kwstas prepei na fughei''
``O Kwstas kai y Ghianna prepei na fughoun''


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