Re: TECH: schcompile (Was: More Þrjótran)

Hi!

Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> writes:
> Henrik Theiling skrev:
>...
> >>	$derived_word = soundchange($source_word);
> > Almost.  The README file explains the syntax and also shows how the
> > function interface is generated.
> > **Henrik
> >
>
> You mean this?:
>...
Yes.  It contains a Perl prototype:

> >                 sub step_NAME($;$$)
Functions are generated according to this template, so that's the way
to invoke them:

    $result= step_NAME ($input);
    $result= step_NAME ($input, 100);
    $result= step_NAME ($input, 100,   1000);
    $result= step_NAME ($input, undef, 1000);

(Replace NAME with the name of the step, of course.)

> BTW you wonder in s17.sch where Modern Icelandic words in vo-
> come from; they generally come from OIc vá-.
Ah!  That's interesting -- this probably means I'm missing a rule in
the OIc > Ic step.  ...types...  Indeed, some forms changed.  Is this
transformation a generally valid rule or are there constraints or even
random?

> I'll have more comments and questions on your rules later...
> Maybe we should take that on Germaniconlang?
Sure!  I'd appreciate it! :-)

> Question: I derive 3 or 4 "dialects" from Kijeb.  They'll have some
> sound changes in common, either between two of them or between all
> of them.  How would that be handled?
It depends on your taste: either use different .sch files, or use
different steps in the same file.  It does not matter technically,
it's up to you.

> Question: can one use special characters like þ ð åäö troughout
> a .sch file, or does one *have* to use ASCII-IPA as you do?
Because the file is translated to Perl with the literal strings left
as is, you can use whatever your Perl installation accepts.  I.e.,
basically anything.

**Henrik

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