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<h1> Idiom: Idiomatic Expressions</h1>

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  abstract Idiom = Cat ** {
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This module defines constructions that are formed in fixed ways,
often different even in closely related languages.
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    fun
      ImpersCl  : VP -> Cl ;        -- it is hot
      GenericCl : VP -> Cl ;        -- one sleeps
  
      CleftNP   : NP  -> RS -> Cl ; -- it is I who did it
      CleftAdv  : Adv -> S  -> Cl ; -- it is here she slept
  
      ExistNP   : NP -> Cl ;        -- there is a house
      ExistIP   : IP -> QCl ;       -- which houses are there
  
      ProgrVP   : VP -> VP ;        -- be sleeping
  
      ImpPl1    : VP -> Utt ;       -- let's go
  
      ImpP3     : NP -> VP -> Utt ; -- let John walk
  }
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