TipThe first step in creating an entry is to enter the form of the lexeme in the Lexeme field. In many languages, the bare stem is not a naturally occurring word. Naturally occurring words must have inflectional affixes. Consequently, many dictionaries must use an inflected form as the citation form. If your language is like this, you must add the correct citation form in the Citation Form field. This is the procedure for filling in the Citation Form field.
Use Bulk Copy to copy all the forms from the Lexeme field to the Citation Form field, as follows:
In the Navigation Pane, click Lexicon, and then click Bulk Edit Entries.
Click the Bulk Copy tab.
Use the Configure Columns dialog box to display the Lexeme and Citation Form fields.
In the Source Field box, select Lexeme.
In the Target Field box, select Citation Form.
(If you only want to create a citation form for single words, do this step. However, if you want to create a citation form for all your entries (recommended), skip this step and go on to the “Click review” step.) In the Lexeme column, filter for single words, using the following regular expression:
^[^ ]+$
The regular expression consists of “caret, left-square-bracket, caret, space, right-square-bracket, plus-sign, dollar-sign”. (You can cut and paste the regular expression into the Filter for items containing dialog box.)
(If you only want to create a citation form for a single grammatical category (such as Verb), do this step. If you want to create a citation form for all grammatical categories, go on to the next step.) Use the Configure Columns dialog box to display the Grammatical Info field.
In the Grammatical Info column filter for the grammatical category (such as Verb) that you want to create a citation form for.
In the left column, select the rows you want to change.
Click Preview, review the pending changes, and then click Apply.
Use Bulk Replace to delete all inflectional affixes from forms in the Lexeme field, as follows:
(If the form you entered in the Lexeme field was the correct citation form, do this step. However, if the form you entered in the Lexeme field was the bare stem, skip this step and go to step 3.)
In Bulk Edit Entries, click the Bulk Replace tab.
Use the Configure Columns dialog box to display the Lexeme field.
In the Target Field box, select Lexeme.
In the Lexeme column, filter for the affix that you want to delete.
Select the rows you want to change.
Click Setup.
Click More to display the Search Options.
Select Use regular expressions.
In the Find what box, type the affix that you want to delete. If the affix is a prefix, put a carat (^) before the prefix. For example, type ^un to delete a prefix ‘un-’. If the affix is a suffix, put a dollar sign after the suffix. For example, type es$ to delete a suffix ‘-es’.
Do not type anything in the Replace with box. (Essentially, you are replacing something with nothing.)
Click OK.
Click Preview, review the pending changes, and then click Apply.
Repeat step 2 for each affix.
Use Bulk Replace to add inflectional affixes to the forms in the Citation Form field, as follows:
(If the form you entered in the Lexeme field was the bare stem, do this step. However, if the form you entered in the Lexeme field was the correct citation form, do step 2 instead of this step.)
In Bulk Edit Entries, click the Bulk Replace tab.
Use the Configure Columns dialog box to display the Citation Form and Grammatical Info fields.
In the Grammatical Info column, filter for the grammatical category (such as Verb) that you want to add an affix to.
In the Target Field box, select Citation Form.
Select the rows you want to change.
Click Setup.
Click More to display the Search Options.
Select Use regular expressions.
In the Find what: box, either type ^ (carat), if you want to add a prefix, or type $ (dollar sign), if you want to add a suffix. (The regular expression ^ indicates the beginning of a word, and the regular expression $ indicates the end of a word.)
In the Replace with: box, type the affix that you want to add. (Essentially, you are replacing nothing with something.)
Click OK.
Click Preview, review the pending changes, and then click Apply.
Repeat step 3 for each affix.
TipFor additional information about the propose of this topic or when it may be of use to you, on the Help menu, point to Resources and then click Introduction to Lexicography.