[Lexicog] how to compile data on proto-language reconstruction

[Ron Moe]

Allan,

 

It looks like the structure of your comparative dictionary is nearly the
same as the MDF entry-subentry format (with the addition of language names):

 

\lx Proto-form

\ge English gloss

            \se Attested form

            \ge English gloss

            \ex Language name (any vernacular field would do)

 

It would be nice if we had a standardized format for comparative
dictionaries similar to MDF. It wouldn’t take much to produce one by
modified MDF.

 

Ron Moe

 

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[mailto:lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Allan Johnson
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:32 AM
To: lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Lexicog] how to compile data on proto-language reconstruction

 

Hi all,

 

I’m trying to help a colleague get a collection of Proto language data into
a format that could be posted on a website. We have it in a Toolbox format
and I’d like to export it to HTML from Lexique Pro. The format is a lot like
a dictionary but enough different that I’m running into trouble. A typical
entry goes something like this:

 

Proto-form

      English gloss

 

   Attested form

      English gloss

         Language name (abbreviation for a language/dialect area which
attests this form and meaning)

         Language name 

         Language name 

 

      English gloss

         Language name 

         Language name 

         Language name 

 

   Attested form

      English gloss

         Language name 

         Language name 

         Language name 

 

 

The only way I’ve found to make this work with Toolbox / Lexique Pro is to
put the English gloss in the \ps field and the language abbreviations in the
\ge field. But this feels like a major abuse of the system. Do any of you
know of a format that’s really meant for this kind of data?

 

Allan J.

 

 


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