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Re: 2 Questions about glosses

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Saturday, October 16, 2004, 15:43
scott wrote:

> I've been looking at the Leipzig glossing rules at > http://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/files/morpheme.html > and have a couple of questions. > > My language has 3 genders, which is basically indicated > by 3 articles: asem, ipen, ümen. These articles are the definite > article. The indefinite article is created by adding the suffix -a. > > ümen-a hafal > a-INDF horse > 'a horse'
Surely: ümen-a hafal ART.NEUT(?)-INDF horse 'a horse'
> > Is the gloss for 'the horse' (ümen hafal) > the horse > or the-DEF horse > or something else ? >
I'd go with ART.DEF.NEUT(?) horse
> > Also, when writing the gloss do you indicate gender (which in > my case is a mix of formal vs. informal, and sentient vs. > non-sentient)? Or would this only be the case if you were > using an affix to indicate gender instead of a wholly different > and separate word? >
See above.