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In this paper, I present a study on the automatic generation of paraphrases of Quechua sentiment predicates. Using the transformational NooJ engine, I first build the rules corresponding to the elementary transformations for the Quechua language. I then describe in detail grammars performing pronominalization, reduction, and permutation of the arguments, passivation, and some others. Then, I show how they can combine with one another, respecting certain syntactic constraints, in order to obtain complex transformations. I present the electronic dictionary of Quechua sentiment verbs that I have built. Finally, I construct a particular subclass of transformations that will automatically generate paraphrases of a Quechua sentiment predicate.
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Suffixes for the inflection of proper nouns ending in a vowel: N-suff = {-ch, chá, -cha, -chik, -chiki, -chu, -chu? -hina, -kuna, -lla, -má, -man, -manta, -m, -ntin, -niraq, niray, -ña, -p, -pa, -paq, -pas, -poss(7v), -puni, -qa, -rayku, -raq, -ri, -s, -ta, -taq, -wan, -ya!, -yá, -yupa}.
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IPSsuff = {chaku, chi, chka, ykacha, ykachi, ykamu, ykapu, ykari, yku, ysi, kacha, kamu, kapu, ku, lla, mpu, mu, naya, pa, paya, pu, ra, raya, ri, rpari, ru, tamu, rqa, rqu, spa, sqa, na, pti,stin, wa}. Only the first 27 of them serve to derivate into a verb.
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PPSsuff = {ch, chá, chik, chiki, chu(?), chu, chusina, má, man, m, mi, ña, pas, puni, qa, raq, s, si, taq, yá(!)}. A total of 28 suffixes.
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S-Transformation or Sentence-Transformation: “is an operator that links sentences that share common semantic material” – Harris [9].
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Duran, M. (2021). Transformations and Paraphrases for Quechua Sentiment Predicates. In: Bekavac, B., Kocijan, K., Silberztein, M., Šojat, K. (eds) Formalising Natural Languages: Applications to Natural Language Processing and Digital Humanities. NooJ 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1389. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70629-6_6
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