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Brian MacWhinney
Dec 29, 2011, 3:45:44 PM12/29/11
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Dear ChiBolts,
I have changed the way that English MOR handles forms like "gotta". It is now no longer necessary to use replacement forms, such as gotta [: got to]. Instead, forms like "gotta" are now directly legal and yield a part of speech called mod:aux (distinct from mod or aux), as shown in the v-modal.cut file:
I have changed the way that English MOR handles forms like "gotta". It is now no longer necessary to use replacement forms, such as gotta [: got to]. Instead, forms like "gotta" are now directly legal and yield a part of speech called mod:aux (distinct from mod or aux), as shown in the v-modal.cut file:
gotta
hafta
oughta
If speakers actually use the full forms, however, you must add an underscore, as in
ought_to
got_to
have_to
In a few cases, you will want two separate words, as in "I got to the lake before noon".
These changes do not affect gonna, shoulda, coulda, wanna, sposta, or dunno, which were already being processed fine by v-clit.cut and v-modal.cut.
--Brian MacWhinney
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