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che non alle teste

English translation: headword (linguistics)

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Italian term or phrase:testa
English translation:headword (linguistics)
Entered by: Dr Andrew Read

16:07 Jul 31, 2004
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics / lexicography
Italian term or phrase: che non alle teste
In sentence : Si dedica maggior attenzione ai modificatori, come blackberry in blackberry jam, che non alle teste, come bed in flowerbed."
Gem646
Local time: 21:21
than to the endings OR headwords
Explanation:
- ignore the "non"; it's just a grammatical thing.
- "testa" (sing.): I'm not totally sure here if it means "endings" or "headwords". I searched on the Hoepli IT/EN dictionary (see below) but doesn't give specific linguistic help. Worth seeing what others have to say on this.

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Note added at 7 hrs 20 mins (2004-07-31 23:27:52 GMT)
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I\'m pretty sure after further thought that this doesn\'t mean endings or suffixes, but to the main component of a compound word - only thing is, I can\'t remember what the proper linguistic term is for that. It\'s contrasting the \"modifiers\" with the ????

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Note added at 18 hrs 20 mins (2004-08-01 10:27:37 GMT)
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I\'ve just found out what the word for \"teste\" is here - it seems to be \"headwords\" again; see the first entry here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/headword

However, this is tricky as if you\'ve used \"headword\" for \"parola-lemma\" then this would be confusing. You might need to change that to \"entry word\" (or maybe you\'re already using that)!
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Dr Andrew Read
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:21
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2than to the endings OR headwords
Dr Andrew Read


  

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than to the endings OR headwords


Explanation:
- ignore the "non"; it's just a grammatical thing.
- "testa" (sing.): I'm not totally sure here if it means "endings" or "headwords". I searched on the Hoepli IT/EN dictionary (see below) but doesn't give specific linguistic help. Worth seeing what others have to say on this.

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Note added at 7 hrs 20 mins (2004-07-31 23:27:52 GMT)
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I\'m pretty sure after further thought that this doesn\'t mean endings or suffixes, but to the main component of a compound word - only thing is, I can\'t remember what the proper linguistic term is for that. It\'s contrasting the \"modifiers\" with the ????

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Note added at 18 hrs 20 mins (2004-08-01 10:27:37 GMT)
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I\'ve just found out what the word for \"teste\" is here - it seems to be \"headwords\" again; see the first entry here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/headword

However, this is tricky as if you\'ve used \"headword\" for \"parola-lemma\" then this would be confusing. You might need to change that to \"entry word\" (or maybe you\'re already using that)!


    Reference: http://www.edigeo-online.it/cgi-local/Hoepli/GDI
Dr Andrew Read
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:21
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Baadshah: not really clear-maybe need more context. the stress falls on black and flower so ending would be good. but the jam messes things up. what's modifying what??
6 hrs
  -> The "blackberry" is modifying the jam and a contrast is being made with dictionary entries for words like flowerbed, where too little explanation is given to the main component in the compound word, ie. bed in flowerbed.
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