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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Rachel and Stefan,<br>
<br>
Regarding the morphology details, these can be enabled or disabled
on a per puddle basis. So Stefan, if you didn't want this in the
German Sign Language dictionary and others agreed, we would not
enable this feature for you to use.<br>
<br>
These addition I am discussing are required for future development
so they must be included and handled in some way.<br>
<br>
On 12/11/13, 4:13 PM, Rachel Channon wrote:</div>
<blockquote cite="mid:005301cef6be$3c983430$b5c89c90$@verizon.net"
type="cite">
<div class="WordSection1"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Given this complexity,
it might make sense to set up <o:p></o:p></span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D"></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">1) <span
class="GramE">a</span> simple set of choices that allow
multiple choices, so that I could select for example
classifier AND compound. An initial list:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Classifier, compound,
fingerspelling – one handed, fingerspelling – two handed,
fingerspelled loan sign, character sign, assimilated
compound, compound, negative incorporation, clitic, affix,
initialized sign, phrase, inflected verb, uninflected verb,
locational verb, noun-verb pair, repeating or non-repeating
signs, numbers, gestural, pantomimic, iconic. Classifiers
are subdivided in many ways by different linguists, so some
linguists might want to add to the list of classifiers – for
example, classifiers for handling objects vs. motion vs.
drawing-in-the-air and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
Would a alphabetically sorted multi-select list work? Instead of
one gigantic list, we may want several smaller multi-select lists.<br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:005301cef6be$3c983430$b5c89c90$@verizon.net"
type="cite">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">2) <span
class="GramE">a</span> second set of choices specifying
number of morphemes that defaults to 1 and allows numeric
write-ins plus the choices innumerable, uncertain, and many,
</span></p>
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</blockquote>
I can understand the utility for the number of morphemes, but I'd
like to discuss the other choices list.<br>
<br>
"Numbering of morphemes" list<br>
--------------------------<br>
* innumerable - This is a weird concept when considering a written
sign. Is there a spoken language equivalent? <br>
<br>
* uncertain - What does this choice mean? If a specific answer is
impossible or unknown for the number of morphemes, is there a range
instead? Are there any spoken language equivalents?<br>
<br>
* many - How is this different than innumerable? If we can number
the morphemes, why not use the actual number?<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:005301cef6be$3c983430$b5c89c90$@verizon.net"
type="cite">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">3) <span
class="GramE">a</span> fixed choice set for either
simultaneous or sequential, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
Is this always an either/or choice? Could a complex sign fulfill
both choices?<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:005301cef6be$3c983430$b5c89c90$@verizon.net"
type="cite">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="GramE"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">and</span></span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D"> 4) a free form area
for additional information.</span></p>
</div>
</blockquote>
Sure, that will be possible.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your input,<br>
-Steve<br>
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