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Re: Dictionary formats

From:The Gray Wizard <dbell@...>
Date:Sunday, March 31, 2002, 11:39
I generally use Shoebox to create and format initial dictionaries, but I
prefer to list my amman iar-English lexicon by root.  An example of the
format I use can be found at
http://www.graywizard.net/Conlinguistics/amman_iar/ai_lexicon.htm

Stay curious,
David

David E. Bell
The Gray Wizard
www.graywizard.net
AIM: GraWzrd

"Wisdom begins in wonder."

> -----Original Message----- > From: Constructed Languages List > [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU] On Behalf Of Aidan Grey > Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:28 PM > To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU > Subject: Re: Dictionary formats > > > Just wondering: > > Those of you with detailed dictionaries (are there any of > you?), how do you list everything in your notes? Everyone > here can't be making one-to-one wordlists. So how do you make > comments indicating various usages, compounds, and so on? > > For example, looking in my Latin dictionary here, > > bed: lectus, cubile; (in a garden) areola; (of a river) > alveus ; to go to _: cubitum ire; to make the _: lectum sternere > > Do you do anything to make sure that you're not > relexifying, e.g. use WordNet, or another language's dictionary? > > Aidan > >