[Lexicog] Re: Kirrkirr and Shoebox/Toolbox

[Mike Maxwell]

Koontz John E wrote:
> I was saying that it is better to offer a pair of fields
>
> formname 1sgPresIndic
> form tengo
>
> than a  pre-determined list of
>
> 1sgPresIndic tengo
>
> possibilities, however complete.

Then we agree--and more to the point, the notion of a 'Minor Entry' in
the FieldWorks project is similar to what you describe.  Actually, it
adds several other things to the pair: minor entries obligatorily link
to the major entry that they're related to ("tengo" would be linked to
"tener" in the example I gave.)  You can also assign pronunciations,
allomorphs and/or an underlying form.  And since minor entries are used
for derivational, as well as inflectional, morphology, they can also
have senses, etc.  (In fact, allomorphs/ underlying forms are probably
only relevant to derivational morphology, although of course the
existence of a inflection-derivation distinction is a theory-specific
question.  And of course the need for a pronunciation field depends on
the language's orthography.)
--
	Mike Maxwell
	Linguistic Data Consortium
	maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu


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