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Dear Konstantin,<br>
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the option of either analyzing a morphologically complex lexeme of
treating it as a whole is discussed in <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.christianlehmann.eu/ling/ling_meth/ling_description/representations/gloss/index.php?open=deriv_morph">https://www.christianlehmann.eu/ling/ling_meth/ling_description/representations/gloss/index.php?open=deriv_morph</a><br>
As you say, apart from observing the distinction between synchronic
morphological analysis and etymology, the choice essentially depends
on the purpose of the example. Also, several of the options in
interlinear glossing depend on the publication context. If your
glossed text edition is accompanied by a grammar, esp. a morphology,
this will explain the relationship between structure and meaning;
then even such elements of a text or of an example where the
relationship between structure and function is rather opaque may be
analyzed morphologically and accompanied by a gloss, and the reader
who does not put two and two together may be expected to consult the
grammar. In such cases, the analysis performed in the text/example
brings the reader closer to the relevant chapter of the grammar than
its lack.<br>
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You are, of course, free to define a boundary symbol which only
appears in the L1 text and there indicates a morphological boundary
which is not taken up in the gloss. If you do not need syllable
boundaries, one of the many unicode raised dots<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.christianlehmann.eu/sonderzeichen/?open=symbole">https://www.christianlehmann.eu/sonderzeichen/?open=symbole</a><br>
may be available. Another option would be the vertical slash '|'.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Christian<br>
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