Interlinearisation with dual-function periods [.]

[Jason Lee]

My texts use periods [.] with two functions:

1) As a full-stop at the end of sentences.

2) As a phonological break to distinguish /ŋ/ (written 'ng') from /ng/ (written 'n.g').

How can I get Toolbox interlinear to not treat the latter use as a full-stop?

E.g. I want thisː

mijin.gu

mijin            -gu

n., M-class -postposition

mission      -PURP

'for the mission'

Or this:

jirrin.girn

jirrin.girn

n

owlet.nightjar

'owlet nightjar'

E.g. Not this:

mijin.           gu

mijin            ***

n., M-class ***

mission      ***

Nor this:

jirrin. girn

***     ***

***     ***

***     ***

Thanks in advance.

Jason

[ToolBox Support]

Hi, Jason,

I think I've got an answer for you!

If you 

1) add .g (dot plus g) to your sort order in line with the regular g 

2) make an alternate form using the .g for all your suffixes that start with g 

3) add an alternate form ending in n. for prefixes which end with n 

See the examples below.

It worked for me. This is what I got testing with the above modifications.

\tx mijin.gu

\mb mijin       -gu

\ge mission     -PURP

\ps n., M-class -postposition

For the dictionary I did this:

\lx -gu

\a -.gu

For the sort order, I did this:

F f

G g .g

H h

For a prefix ending in n, I had to make something up since you didn't show any examples of that.

\tx non.go

\mb non-  go

\ge neg-  leave

\ps pref- v

\ft stay home

I added this to the made-up dictionary entry non-

\lx non-

\a non.-

(And, as I mentioned, I created the entry for "go".) 

Since the affixes are a closed class, it shouldn't be too hard to find and modify the prefixes ending in n and the suffixes starting with g.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Karen

Toolbox Support

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[Jason Lee]

Hi Karen,

It looks like you've solved my problem just by adding .g to the language encoding sort order. Haven't needed to add \a to lexicon entries (yet).

Thanks once again!

Jason