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From the Leipzig Glossing Rules to the GE and RX lines

  • Bernard Comrie
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Corpus-based Studies of Lesser-described Languages
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Abstract

The Leipzig Glossing Rules (http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/resources/glossing-rules.php) were devised with a very specific purpose in mind, namely to standardize the notations used by linguists in order to present the morphological structure of example sentences in language structures unfamiliar to the reader. While they form a suitable basis for annotation in projects like CorpAfroAs, such projects have a higher level of requirements, in particular the need to be able to retrieve particular categories and structures from corpora in various languages. The article discusses with examples the extensions of the LGR that are needed for this purpose.

Abstract

The Leipzig Glossing Rules (http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/resources/glossing-rules.php) were devised with a very specific purpose in mind, namely to standardize the notations used by linguists in order to present the morphological structure of example sentences in language structures unfamiliar to the reader. While they form a suitable basis for annotation in projects like CorpAfroAs, such projects have a higher level of requirements, in particular the need to be able to retrieve particular categories and structures from corpora in various languages. The article discusses with examples the extensions of the LGR that are needed for this purpose.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface 1
  4. Part 1: Phonetics, phonology and prosody
  5. Representation of speech in CorpAfroAs 13
  6. Tone and intonation 43
  7. Part 2: Interfacing prosody, information structure and syntax
  8. The intonation of topic and focus 63
  9. Quotative constructions and prosody in some Afroasiatic languages 117
  10. Part 3: Cross-linguistic comparability
  11. Glossing in Semitic languages 173
  12. From the Leipzig Glossing Rules to the GE and RX lines 207
  13. Cross-linguistic comparability in CorpAfroAs 221
  14. Functional domains and cross-linguistic comparability 257
  15. Part 4: Language contact
  16. Language contact, borrowing and codeswitching 283
  17. Part 5: Information technology
  18. ELAN-CorpA 311
  19. Language index 333
  20. Subject index 335
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.68.06cor

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface 1
  4. Part 1: Phonetics, phonology and prosody
  5. Representation of speech in CorpAfroAs 13
  6. Tone and intonation 43
  7. Part 2: Interfacing prosody, information structure and syntax
  8. The intonation of topic and focus 63
  9. Quotative constructions and prosody in some Afroasiatic languages 117
  10. Part 3: Cross-linguistic comparability
  11. Glossing in Semitic languages 173
  12. From the Leipzig Glossing Rules to the GE and RX lines 207
  13. Cross-linguistic comparability in CorpAfroAs 221
  14. Functional domains and cross-linguistic comparability 257
  15. Part 4: Language contact
  16. Language contact, borrowing and codeswitching 283
  17. Part 5: Information technology
  18. ELAN-CorpA 311
  19. Language index 333
  20. Subject index 335
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