Re: [edict-jmdict] Odd PoS classification

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@*********>]

Hi Timo,

[I read your original question on the sljafaq list.]

On 25 April 2014 20:43, timo ijas <timoijas@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am a frequent user of an Android application (JED v0.2), that uses Jim
> Breens edict. A while ago I stumbled upon some sort of an exception word;
> it's Part of Speech Marking was something that I had never seen before, one
> that I couldn't find from any of the PoS classifications from edict, jdict or
> monash websites.

Was it really a PoS from the dictionary, or had it been interpolated by JED?

> I remember the PoS had a mention that it takes a special particle I had never
> seen before. I dont remember if it was a verb, an adverb or an adjective (or
> even something else), but I remember that the particle was between the
> core word and the ending of the word (-suru/-shii/etc) and the particle was
> something like -kko or -kke. (So the PoS was something like "takes the
> particle kko".) It may also have had a mention, that it's a special class word.

The only PoS descriptions that include the word "particle" are those of
"adj-no", "adv-to" and "prt" itself. "kko" and "kke" don't appear anywhere
AFAICT.

> Are there some sorts of subclasses for the special class words, or could
> there be some very rare classes that aren't usually listed in these listings?

Not really. I find this all a bit of a mystery, and unless you can identify the
actual term you saw, I probably can't help you. Does JED have a search history
you can examine?

Cheers

Jim

-- 
Jim Breen
Adjunct Snr Research Fellow, Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University