Design for SignPuddle 3: parts-of-speech and morphology of sign language

[Rachel Channon]

Morphology in my mind, and off the top of my head, would mean things
like classifiers, fingerspelling, initialized signs and compounds.  It
is not the same thing as part of speech, because for example, an
initialized sign might be a noun or a verb or a preposition.  In some
cases, part of speech might be unclear (is this sign a verb or an
adjective?) but its morphological status as classifier might be pretty
clear.
Rachel
 
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December 11, 2013
 
Hello Steve and everyone on the SignWriting List ;-)
 
I bet many people, if you ask them, "are you behind on anything?"
would answer "YES!" -
 
So you have taken on so many projects, and I want to thank you, Steve,
and thanks to all of you, for all you have accomplished in 2013.It has
been a remarkable year.
 
Regarding "morphologies of sign languages" . what do you all think? Is
that a category necessary for searching SignPuddle 3.0, which will be
coming in 2014?
 
Would you all use that searching technique?
 
Val ;-)
 
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On Dec 11, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Stephen E Slevinski Jr
<slevin at signpuddle.net <mailto:slevin at signpuddle.net> > wrote:



Hi SignWriting List,

This has been a great year, but I'm woeful behind on several project.
I appreciate all of the positive work people have been able to do with
SignPuddle.  The long awaited work on SignPuddle 3 continues. Next
year will be a break out year for written sign language across the
globe.

https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Incubator:Test_wikis_of_
sign_languages

I'm finalizing the database for SignPuddle 3.  I'm very impressed with
MySQL Workbench and the diagramming tool in particular. (image below)

Database design
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For individual entries, I have designed the parts-of-speech solution,
but not the morphology solution yet.

For parts-of-speech, there is a small list of values for the most
common choices.  noun, verb, adjective, adverb, sentence, other.  This
list can be translated into other languages.

Additionally, each entry has a separate parts-of-speech text field,
which can be used for a more accurate description or a value outside
of the common list.

I was considering a similar strategy for morphology.  First, a new
table with a static list of the most common and universal choices.
Second, a freeform text field for each entry for alternate
descriptions and complex analysis.

Researching morphology, it appears there are several kinds of
analysis, each with its own classifications and descriptions.  Is a
single list too simplistic to be helpful?  I'd appreciate any
discussion of the topic.

Morphology list: monosyllable, compound, ... ?

Thanks,
-Steve 

PS - Here is part of the working diagram for the database.  I haven't
added anything for morphology yet. 

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