unlinking variants and allomorphs

[Ellen Smith-Dennis]

Hi all,

If I've created variants of a lexeme, how do I unlink these variants so that they are once again independent lexical entries? 

Similarly, once I've created an allomorph of a lexeme, what if I realise it's not an allomorph and I want to undo this, and promote it to an independent lexical entry? 

thanks, Ellen

[B Kh]

I think you click here

And select "Delete Reference".

I'm not sure about the allomorph question. That has always been a puzzle to me.

[Kevin Warfel]

SIL's Dictionary & Lexicography Services (DLS) has created an online course that teaches lexicography principles and their application within FLEx (https://sites.google.com/sil.org/dls-course/). This course is self-paced, free, and available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Indonesian. It includes lots of practical exercises to help the learner truly grasp what is being taught. There are two levels to the course:

LEX101 provides details about entries and how to format them.

LEX201 deals with relationships between entries (lexical relations, variants, complex forms, reversals, etc.).

In LEX201 A8 (More About Variants), there is this slide:

I continue to recommend this course as a way to learn lexicographic principles (the best practices for developing a dictionary) and their application in FLEx (how to accomplish specific tasks in FLEx). I wish that this resource would have been available back when I was learning to use FLEx.

BTW, LEX201 is still under development. Nearing completion is a series of lessons on using the Root-based, Lexeme-based, and Hybrid layouts. (You will see these referred to as "views" if you are using FW 9.2 or earlier.) Also under development is a series of lessons on Publications. These lessons will provide great help to those wondering just what the differences are between the different layouts and how to decide which one to use, along with how to manage multiple publications based on a single FLEx database. 

Best wishes,

Kevin Warfel

Associate DLS Coordinator

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[Andreas_Joswig]

Good response about the variant question!

For allomorphs, there doesn't appear to be a direct way to unlink one from an entry. So here is a multi-step procedure that should be mostly painless:

1. Create a second sense to the lexeme with the meaning that the new entry should have.
2. Click on the blue triangle next to that new sense (you may have to click into that sense line first in order to see the triangle).
3. In the context menu that shows now, click on "Move Sense to a New Entry":
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5. This will create a copy of the existing entry in a new entry, but only with the information of the new sense. In this new entry you can now swap the allomorph with the main entry, from a blue-triangle context menu next to the allomorph form, delete the previous lexeme form (now shown as an allomorph), and delete the original allomorph from the first entry. Now the two forms should show up cleanly in two entries, with all relevant information still intact.

I hope this helps!

Andreas

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[Kevin Warfel]

There is no direct way to promote an allomorph to the status of independent lexical entry, but I did try the following just now, and it seems to work:

1. Duplicate/clone the entry.

   a. Add a sense to the entry.

   b. In the menu to the left of the added sense, choose Move Sense to a New Entry.

2. In the entry that contains the original sense, delete the allomorph.

3. In the entry that contains the added sense, swap the Allomorph with the Lexeme Form (via the menu to the left of Stem Allomorph), then delete the Allomorph.

The DLS online course has not yet gotten to the treatment of allomorphs, so I can't point you to a part of that course for details about this maneuver.

Best wishes,

Kevin

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[Kevin Warfel]

I guess I didn't need to respond to the "allomorph" question, as Andreas already provided the same, including pictures, but at least you know that there is agreement regarding the approach to use.

Best wishes,

Kevin

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[Ellen Smith-Dennis]

Thank you for the help with variants. The problem was that when I click on an entry, then go to toolbar Insert > Variant, it adds the variant in a different row to the section you're all referring to. It adds it in the first section of the entry, a few rows beneath Lexeme form, instead of in the separate 'Variants' section. This is fine, I just know now to navigate to that section instead of using the toolbar.

[Ellen Smith-Dennis]

thanks also for allomorphs help - shame there's not an easier way to undo allomorphs.