Re: furigana-like

> From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU]On
>
> the Gray Wizard wrote:
>
> > I agree with Christophe that what you seem to be describing
> > is interlinear
> > translation.  Here's an example:
> >
> > \f Gratitude is the sign of noble souls
> > \t bain           athivas          on  taithir
> > \m bain      -0   atho -iv  -as    on  taith     =dir   -0
> > \g gratitude -[A] be   -hab -pres  -   indicator =thing -[P]
> > \p n         -nom v    -asp -tense ptp n         =nsfx  -abs
> > \x gratitude      be               -   sign
> >
> > \t menimmion       vegael
> > \m manim -i   -ion ve-    gael
> > \g soul  -plu -of  descr- nobility
> > \p n     -num -gen adj-   n
> > \x of.souls        noble
> >
>
> Very interesting.  Is there a place online where I could learn about this
> notation style?  I understand the concept, but would like to
> learn the code
> that's used.
The example I gave was generated by a tool that I use called 'The Linguist's
Shoebox' from SIL (formerly The Summer Institute of Linguistics - see
www.sil.org). It is a linguistic field researcher's tool that supports the
integration of various kinds of text data: lexical, cultural, grammatical,
etc. I maintain my conlang lexicon in Shoebox and generate interlinears from
that.

The codes shown above are user definable and relate to the interlinear
parses that you define to the tool.  Specifically, I have defined those
above as:

\f - free translation
\t = text
\m = morphemes
\g = gloss
\p = part of speech
\x = translation

I enter the free translation (\f) and text (\t) lines and the rest is
generated by Shoebox.  But don't get me started.  I've bored this list
enough with my praises for this tool.

Stay curious,
David

David E. Bell
The Gray Wizard
www.graywizard.net

Wisdom begins in wonder.