[Lexicog] Making verbs alphabetize correctly in an English to Karuk finderlist

[Crockett]

How about something like this?

 

\ge get_sick

\re sick (to get)

\de to get sick

 

\ge be_exhausted

\re exhausted (to be)

\de to be exhausted

 

\ge be_completely_exhausted

\re exhausted (to be completely)

\de to be completely exhausted

 

If you want, you could also include something like \re be completely
exhausted (to) in the index, in case someone will look up the verb under
"be..." The record would then be

 

\ge be_completely_exhausted

\re exhausted (to be completely) ; be completely exhausted (to)

\de to be completely exhausted

 

And if you really want to cover all your bases, you could do this:

 

\ge be_completely_exhausted

\re exhausted (to be completely) ; be completely exhausted (to) ; completely
exhausted (to be)

\de to be completely exhausted

 

You haven't even added synonyms yet of exhausted into the \re field, e.g.,
to be wiped out, to be dead tired, but you might not want to go that far.

 

Crockett

 

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[mailto:lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Susan Gehr
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:08 PM
To: lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [] [Lexicog] Making verbs alphabetize correctly in an English to
Karuk finderlist

 

I'm working on the second edition of the Karuk Dictionary, and one of the
suggestions that came out of the Karuk Dictionary Advisory Group was to
address the clump of verbs that is stuck in the "be ___" section of the
English-Karuk finderlist.

We're using Shoebox for Mac, though once I get my license for Office 2003
for Windows, we're moving over to Toolbox for Windows.  

I knew how to avoid clumping verbs at the "to _____" section of the
English-Karuk, so the verb "bend" is between "Ben Wilder" and "beneath".

But I wasn't sure what to do with verbs that translate as "be ____", such as
"be a year" "be exhausted" "be completely exhausted" "be sober", "be thin"
and "be very thin" "be sick" and "get sick"

What would you do with those verbs?

What would you put in the \ge \re and \de fields?

Thanks,
-- 
Susan Gehr
Karuk Language Program Director
Karuk Tribe of California
PO Box 1016, Happy Camp, CA 96039
(800) 505-2785 x2205  NEW FAX # (530) 493-1658

Karuk Language Resources on the Web - http://www.karuk.org/
Karuk Section of William Bright's Site - http://ncidc.org/bright/karuk.html
Karuk Dictionary - http://dictionary.karuk.org/

 

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