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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A data item indicating the grammatical category, use, origin and scope of an entry [term] on a record.  2, record 1, English, - parameter

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Parameters can be either terminological or technical. Terminological parameters indicate the use or meaning of an entry [term]; this includes usage, points of grammar and acceptability rating. Technical parameters simply indicate the status of the [entry term] (e.g. standardized, officially approved).  2, record 1, English, - parameter

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Donnée précisant la [catégorie grammaticale], l'usage, la provenance et la portée d'une vedette sur une fiche.  2, record 1, French, - param%C3%A8tre

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Les paramètres peuvent être terminologiques ou techniques. Les premiers caractérisent l'usage ou le sens d'une vedette; ce sont les marques d'usage, les indicatifs de grammaire et les cotes de pondération. Les seconds indiquent simplement l'état de la vedette (par exemple, normalisé, uniformisé).  2, record 1, French, - param%C3%A8tre

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Dato introducido en una ficha terminológica que precisa la naturaleza, uso, procedencia o alcance de un término (categoría gramatical, marca de uso, estatus oficial, etc.).  1, record 1, Spanish, - par%C3%A1metro

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A parameter used to make the distinction between a designation used as a noun and a homograph belonging to another grammatical category.  1, record 2, English, - noun

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

"Variable" is an example of a designation that can have the "noun" parameter.  2, record 2, English, - noun

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Paramètre utilisé pour distinguer une désignation à valeur nominale d'un homographe de nature grammaticale différente.  1, record 2, French, - nom

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

«Variable» est un exemple de désignation pouvant avoir le paramètre «nom».  2, record 2, French, - nom

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A parameter used to make the distinction between a designation used as a verb and a homograph belonging to another grammatical category.  1, record 3, English, - verb

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Paramètre utilisé pour distinguer une désignation à valeur verbale d'un homographe de nature grammaticale différente.  1, record 3, French, - verbe

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A parameter indicating the grammatical category based on the classification of nouns, for example, as masculine, feminine, neuter, common gender.  2, record 4, English, - gender%20parameter

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Paramètre indiquant la catégorie grammaticale fondée sur la répartition des substantifs en classes (par exemple, masculin, féminin, neutre, commun) […]  2, record 4, French, - param%C3%A8tre%20de%20genre

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An agreement (esp. a business deal) which is easily conceived and closed.  2, record 5, English, - no%2Dbrainer

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A deal to allowing closer ties between Japan and the Soviet Union), to use the Wall Street term for an easy deal, should be a no-brainer.  1, record 5, English, - no%2Dbrainer

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Derivation. The noun "no-brain" has been used informally and ironically for years to designate someone who(the speaker believes) is intellectually weak. The suffix "-er" meaning "one that is" changes the grammatical category of the root.  2, record 5, English, - no%2Dbrainer

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Of or pertaining to Hitler; characterized by Hitler.  2, record 6, English, - Hitlerian

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

But Saddam does seem to share one Hitlerian trait identified by British historian Alan Bullock: he is "consumed (by) the will to power in its crudest and purest form ... power and domination for its own sake," to be expanded without limit.  1, record 6, English, - Hitlerian

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

This is a neologism by derivation. The affixation of the suffix-ian to the proper name ’Hitler’ creates this neologism. As is the case with the neologism ’Hitchcockian’, there is a change of grammatical category where the proper noun ’Hitler’ becomes the adjective ’Hitlerian’.  2, record 6, English, - Hitlerian

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

In the Oxford English Dictionary (1989 ed., Vol. 7), the suffix -ian means "of or belonging to" (p. 593).  2, record 6, English, - Hitlerian

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Adolf Hitler, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria 1889-1945.  2, record 6, English, - Hitlerian

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The doctrines, principles and practices of the Reagan party, developed by Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the U.S. 1981-1989.  2, record 7, English, - Reaganism

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

You must be kidding! After eight years of Reaganism, which gave us a record budget deficit, a society where the rich got richer and the poor got poorer, the S&L bailout crisis and an economy in a shambles, you dare to celebrate Reagan by publishing some of his memoirs.  1, record 7, English, - Reaganism

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The formation of this neologism is by derivation. It is an affixation whereby the suffix-ism is added to the proper name ’Reagan’. Through this affixation, there is a change of grammatical category whereby a proper name becomes a general noun.  2, record 7, English, - Reaganism

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 OBS

In the Random House Dictionary, -ism is a "suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nouns from verbs ... (also) used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice, state of condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion or adherence, etc..."  2, record 7, English, - Reaganism

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Dans Le Petit Robert (1983), -isme est "un suffixe de substantif (doctrine, profession); appartenance à un groupe ou à un système" (p. 1035).  1, record 7, French, - Reaganisme

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Of or pertaining to Hitchcock; characterized by Hitchcock.  2, record 8, English, - Hitchcockian

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In this horrifying ’Silence of the Lambs’, director Jonathan Demme straddles the old and the new, taking a gruesome plot and filming it with Hitchcockian discretion and taste.  1, record 8, English, - Hitchcockian

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

This is a neologism by derivation. The affixation of the suffix-ian to the proper name ’Hitchcock’ creates the neologism ’Hitchcockian’. Through this affixation, a change of grammatical category occurred whereby the noun ’Hitchcock’ became an adjective ’Hitchcockian’.  2, record 8, English, - Hitchcockian

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS

In the Oxford English Dictionary (1989 ed., Vol. 7), the suffix -ian means "of or belonging to" (p. 593).  2, record 8, English, - Hitchcockian

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Sir Alfred Hitchcock, 1899-1980, U.S. film and television director and producer.  2, record 8, English, - Hitchcockian

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... the semantic parser is designed to produce exactly the system's internal interpretation of the request : a functional form instantiated to the extent that values for the function and for its arguments were provided in the input sentence. Some system parameters determine the degree of fuzziness allowed in parsing each semantic category by prescribing, for instance, the number of words that can be skipped if they do not fit into the grammatical definition of the current category.  2, record 9, English, - semantic%20parser

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 2 CONT

SOPHIE also has a semantic parser that parses the student’s typewritten words, not by using a grammar, but rather by using a semantic representation of possible phrases for each word that might be used in this domain.  3, record 9, English, - semantic%20parser

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Lorsque le parseur ne traite que des informations sémantiques, c'est un parseur sémantique.  1, record 9, French, - parseur%20s%C3%A9mantique

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A grammatical category of number referring to two items as opposed to singular(one item) or plural(more than two items). Ancient Greek, Sanskrit and Old Slavonic all had three number forms, singular, dual and plural.  1, record 10, English, - dual

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

nombre grammatical, distinct du singulier et du pluriel, qui est employé dans les conjugaisons et les déclinaisons pour indiquer qu'il s'agit de deux êtres ou objets. Le duel existe entre autres en sanskrit, grec, gotique et arabe.  1, record 10, French, - duel

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Any of the categories of information characterizing the usage of a term; also, any item of information classified under such a category.(This information may serve to distinguish terms designating the same concept.) Ex. usage label, language code, acceptability, grammatical label.  1, record 11, English, - terminological%20parameter

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Chacune des données précisant la nature, la provenance et la portée d'un terme sur une fiche terminologique. Les marques d'usage, les indicatifs de langue et de pondération, les indications grammaticales sont des paramètres terminologiques.  1, record 11, French, - param%C3%A8tre%20terminologique

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish