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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Dear lexicographers
and Toolboxers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">I would like to ask
about your opinions and experiences in marking part of speech in
English-Vernacular dictionaries.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">In our current work
on a dictionary of the Lakota language we would like to create not only the
Lakota-English section, but also English-Lakota section. Instead of using the
index export file option of Toolbox, we have created a separate Toolbox
database.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">In doing so we find
it difficult to deal with the part of speech field in the E-Lakota
section.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">First of all, it is
not entirely clear to me from the MDF description if the \ps field is designed
for the English lexeme, or for the vernacular (Lakota) equivalent.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">From the
perspective of what we want from our English-Lakota dictionary, we think that it
is better to mark the part of speech of the Lakota word. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">An
example:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">black adj.
sapa<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">(here the ps marks
the English lexeme, not the Lakota equivalent which is actually a stative
verb)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">black vs.
sapa<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">(here the ps refers
to the Lakota word)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">an alternative
would be:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">black adj. sapa
vs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">But I don’t know if
this is possible to do in Toolbox and not sure if it is a desire<SPAN
class=877300813-23032007>d</SPAN> solution because it could become very complex
in entries where both English and Lakota words are of multiple part of
speech.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">I would be
interested to know how others dealt with the part of speech of
English-Vernacular dictionaries.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN lang=EN-US
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