Adding new words to the directory

[Sophie Brook]

Thank you both, it worked! Many many thanks :)

On Monday, February 12, 2024 at 9:23:05 PM UTC macw wrote:

> Sophie,
>
> Just to clarify a bit. I create the allwords.cut file as a guide for 
> people who are trying to figure out the spelling of words like doughnut or 
> donut and such. It is placed outside the /lex folder in MOR and is not used 
> by the program. I create a new version every 3-4 months or so. 
>
> If you find that a word like “gramophone” is missing from the lexicon, 
> then you can create a new file with a name such as 0add.cut with a line for 
> that one word and place it into the /lex folder and, if you use the correct 
> format such as this
>
> gramophone {[scat n]}
>
> then MOR will pick it up and treat it like a noun. But calling that file 
> 0allwords.cut would be a bit confusing, since it definitely doesn’t contain 
> “all words”,
>
> — Brian MacWhinney
> Teresa Heinz Professor of Cognitive Psychology, 
> Language Technologies and Modern Languages, CMU 
>
> > On Feb 12, 2024, at 1:02 PM, Leonid Spektor <spe... at andrew.cmu.edu> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > You need to create file "0allwords.cut" in MOR / eng / lex directory, if 
> it does not already exist, or choose any other .cut file in that directory. 
> Then add line "gramophone {[scat n]}" to that file, assuming the gramophone 
> is a noun, otherwise use another better suited part of speech instead of 
> "n". MOR command should work now, if not then quit CLAN and restart it 
> again.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Leonid.
> > 
> >> On Feb 12, 2024, at 11:53, Sophie Brook <sophiem... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hello :)
> >> 
> >> Does anyone know how to add words in the directory that will stick 
> after re-running the [mor -xb] command?
> >> 
> >> CLAN didn't like someone saying "gramophone" so it gave me the 
> {[scat?]} error in cex. output.
> >> 
> >> I added "gramophone" to my MOR / eng /0allwords file. Then closed CLAN 
> and reopened. I also deselected the "eng folder" to try and "refresh" the 
> directory my CLAN was using but it still gives me {[scat?]} and the cex. 
> file after running the [mor - xb] command. 
> >> 
> >> Thank you! :) 
> >> 
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