owl:Ontology
dct:contributor
Reto Baumgartner, tool coordinator and software developer, University of Zürich, Switzerland
dct:creator
Hans Cools, MD, knowledge engineer, ontologist, software developer, University of Basel, Switzerland
dct:description
Formal description of linguistic-morphology, general subclasses, related classes and properties.
dct:license
dct:publisher
Universities of Basel, Bern, and Zürich, Switzerland
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dct:title
An ontology about language
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2020-06-11

Classes

linguistic-morphology:Adverb
a
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Part of speech modifying a verb (e.g. describing an action), adjective, pronoun, clause, preposition, or sentence.
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adverb (en)
Adverb (de)
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linguistic-morphology:Affix
a
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rdfs:comment
Bound morpheme without own semantics, depending on a root; part of a word, complement of a word stem.
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affix (en)
Affix (de)
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linguistic-morphology:Article
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Part of speech specifying grammatical definiteness, i.e. indicating if an object is known or newly introduced.
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article (en)
Artikel (de)
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linguistic-morphology:Case
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Grammatical declension of a noun, pronoun, adjective, participle, article, or numeral, expressing its grammatical function, hence its semantic relation to other words in a sentence, clause or phrase.
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grammatical case (en)
Kasus (de)
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linguistic-morphology:CommonNoun
a
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Part of speech representing a concept or class.
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common noun (en)
Substantiv (de)
skos:note
In German written with starting capital.
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linguistic-morphology:Comparative
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Degree of adjective comparison that sets two or more entities into relation.
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comparative (en)
Komparativ (de)
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linguistic-morphology:ComparisonDegree
a
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Degree of comparison in adjectives or adverbs.
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comparison degree (en)
Steigerungsstufe (de)
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linguistic-morphology:CoordinatingConjunction
a
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Part of speech that links syntactic entities on the same level.
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coordinating conjunction (en)
nebenordnende Konjunktion (de)
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linguistic-morphology:DefiniteArticle
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Article indicating that an object is known.
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definite article (en)
bestimmter Artikel (de)
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linguistic-morphology:ExistentialParticle
a
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rdfs:comment
Part of speech designating non traditionally accepted parts of speech with strong grammatical function.
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existential particle (en)
... (de)
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linguistic-morphology:FeminineSemanticGender
a
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Semantic gender being feminine.
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semantisches Femininum (de)
feminine semantic gender (en)
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E.g. in Indoeuropean and Semitic languages.
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linguistic-morphology:IndefiniteArticle
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Article indicating that an object is newly introduced.
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indefinite article (en)
unbestimmter Artikel (de)
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linguistic-morphology:InfinitiveMarker
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Part of speech designating non traditionally accepted parts of speech with strong grammatical function.
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Infinitivpartikel (de)
infinitive marker (en)
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linguistic-morphology:Interjection
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Part of speech designating a spontaneous feeling or reaction.
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interjection (en)
Interjektion (de)
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linguistic-morphology:MasculineSemanticGender
a
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Semantic gender being masculine.
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masculine semantic gender (en)
semantisches Maskulinum (de)
skos:note
E.g. in Indoeuropean and Semitic languages.
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linguistic-morphology:Morpheme
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Linguistic concept as the smallest entity in human natural language with a grammatical function, inflectable, free or bound.
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morpheme (en)
Morphem (de)
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linguistic-morphology:NegativeParticle
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Part of speech designating non traditionally accepted parts of speech with strong grammatical function.
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Negationspartikel (de)
negative particle (en)
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linguistic-morphology:NeuterSemanticGender
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Semantic gender being neuter.
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neuter semantic gender (en)
semantisches Neutrum (de)
skos:note
E.g. in Indoeuropean languages.
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linguistic-morphology:Noun
a
rdfs:Class
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Part of speech representing a class or instance.
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Nomen (de)
noun (en)
skos:note
In German there is no grouping concept for 'Substantiv' and 'Pronomen'.
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linguistic-morphology:PartOfSpeech
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Word with certain grammatical properties and syntactic role in the structure of a sentence.
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rdfs:label
Wortart (de)
part of speech (en)
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linguistic-morphology:PersonalPronoun
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Pronoun referring to a person, and declined by person, gender, number, case and formality.
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rdfs:label
Personalpronomen (de)
personal pronoun (en)
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linguistic-morphology:Postposition
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Part of speech indicating relationship to objects, standing after them.
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rdfs:label
Postposition (de)
postposition (en)
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linguistic-morphology:Preposition
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Part of speech indicating relationship to objects, standing before them.
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rdfs:label
Präposition (de)
preposition (en)
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linguistic-morphology:ProperNoun
a
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rdfs:comment
Part of speech representing an instance.
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proper noun (en)
Eigenname (de)
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Written with starting capital, for naming, e.g. a person, a geographical entity (e.g. a country); in English and German also a calendar entity (e.g. resp. 'Monday', 'Montag')
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linguistic-morphology:Punctuation
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Part of speech describing the non letter or number based parts of a sentence.
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Interpunktion (de)
punctuation (en)
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linguistic-morphology:ReciprocalPronoun
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Pronoun pointing to the different members of the group as subject of the sentence, e.g. 'each other'.
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Reziprokpronomen (de)
reciprocal pronoun (en)
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linguistic-morphology:ReflexivePronoun
a
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rdfs:comment
Pronoun pointing back to the subject of the sentence, e.g. 'yourself'.
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Reflexivpronomen (de)
reflexive pronoun (en)
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linguistic-morphology:Residual
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Part of speech outside of the traditionally accepted range.
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Restgruppe (de)
residual (en)
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linguistic-morphology:Root
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Individual or free morpheme with own semantics.
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Wurzelmorphem (de)
root morpheme (en)
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linguistic-morphology:SubordinatingConjunction
a
rdfs:Class
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Part of speech that orders one syntactic entity under another.
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subordinating conjunction (en)
unterordnende Konjunktion (de)
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linguistic-morphology:Superlative
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Degree of adjective comparison that lies at the end of the scale.
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Superlativ (de)
superlative (en)
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linguistic-morphology:SyntacticWordForm
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Linguistic concept unifying occurrences of syntactic words with identical literal and grammemes.
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syntaktische Wortform (de)
syntactic word form (en)
skos:note
A sentence can contain 2 times the syntactic word 'sun', unified by 1 syntactic word form 'sun'.
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linguistic-morphology:Verb
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Part of speech governing a sentences by introducing existence, change, action, and linking a subject and object.
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Verb (de)
verb (en)
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linguistic-morphology:VerbalMood
a
rdfs:Class
rdfs:comment
Property of verbs indicating real or hypothetic utterances.
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verbal mood (en)
verbaler Modus (de)
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