Romance language verbs are frequently modified by the addition of pronouns called enclitic pronouns. The pronouns can only be added within prescribed grammatical constraints and affect the spelling and, sometimes, the accentuation of the verbs. Many linguistic processes for which automation is desirable, such as synonym look-up or grammatical analysis, require identification of the unmodified verb forms. The methods described herein make is possible to convert a verb modified by enclitic pronouns to its unmodified form.
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