TipThe following example is intended to help you understand how to enter infix-related content in Language Explorer. Of course, real language data is often more complex. You can see Language Explorer screen shots of this example, including interlinearized words.
From Tagalog data, the word sulat is a verb which means to write or writing (infinitive form). Sumulat means to write (actor focus) and sinulat means to write (object focus). The two focus morphemes are –um- and –in-, both of which are infixes.
Insert the natural classes, C for consonants and V for vowels, if they do not exist. (You may need to insert phonemes for the natural classes to be complete.)
Insert environments for the infixes with respect to the stem.
For this example, the environment would be /#[C] _ [V].
The # indicates the beginning of the sequence within the stem, [C] is the natural class of consonants and [V] is the natural class of vowels. In other words, the environment for the infixes would be between the initial s and the ulat.
Create the lexical entry for the infix –um-, entering the following in the New Entry dialog box:
In the Lexeme Form box, enter –um-.
In the Morpheme Type box, select infix.
In the Affix Type box, select Inflectional.
In the Gloss box, enter actor.focus (or use the Inflectional Affix Gloss Builder).
In the Category box, select Verb.
Click Create.
In the Entry pane for the newly created entry, choose the Infix Position /#[C]_[V], which is the environment you previously created.
Repeat the previous steps to create the lexical entry for the infix –in–, making the appropriate change of –in– (for –um–) and the gloss object focus (for actor focus).
Create the lexical entry for the stem sulat (a stem, a verb, with the gloss to.write).
The infix information and the lexical entry are now available for interlinearizing and the parsers.
TipFor more information, point to Resources on the Help menu, and then click Introduction to Parsing. Infixation is discussed under Morphophonemics and under Infixation as a process.