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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>We are using German MOR to analyze samples from learners who
may follow different spelling conventions with regard to umlauts, sharp s, etc.
Thus, we need to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>recognize both ‘Zwölf’ and ‘Zwoelf’
or ‘groß’ and ‘gross‘, as examples. Of course, we
could put both forms in the lexicon, but it would be nice to geneate the second
form by rule.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>However, as I read the Clan Manuel, once an Arule has been
applied to the stem, no other Arules can apply, so words with both ‘ö’
and ‘ß’ would not be processed correctly. Am I missing something
here, or is there some other way to deal with this issue?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>Linda B. Forrest, Ph.D</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>Research Director</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Palatino Linotype"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>Center for Applied
Second Language Studies</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype"'>5290 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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"Palatino Linotype"'>, <st1:State w:st="on">OR</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">97403</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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