[Lexicog] Idioms and Shoebox/Toolbox

[Wayne Leman]

Susan, your suggested entry for Shoebox/Toolbox is how I would enter that 
idiom. The idiom does need its own entry. I don't know if there are any 
practical consequences for changing the \lx properties. I have never changed 
those properties at all, yet I have \lx entries which are single word, 
multiple word, affixes, single morphemes, etc. If I do have an entry which 
is less than a word in length, I always try to have an example "sentence" 
with at least a full word illustrating usage of the entry.

My 2 cents worth as a user.

Wayne
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Wayne Leman
Cheyenne website: http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Gehr" <sgehr at karuk.us>


How do Shoebox/Toolbox users enter idioms in their
databases?

Here's an idiom from Karuk:

imáan múmaankam
 'day after tomorrow'
Lit. 'tomorrow's big tomorrow'

Would it be

\lx imáan múmaankam
\ge 'day_after_tomorrow'
\lt tomorrow's big tomorrow

with the \lx field data properties as 'a single item possibly
consisting of multiple words'?

Are there any consequences to changing the  \lx field data
properties to 'a single item possibly consisting of multiple words'
from 'a single word'?






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