Environment String Representation examples
This topic gives examples of proper syntax for String Representations and their meaning. Enter a similar meaning in the Definition field for each environment you add.
When the Meaning column says 'phoneme' it means a representation of a phoneme.
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Environment (Left-to-Right) |
Meaning |
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/ m _ |
after an m phoneme |
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/ [V] _ |
after a vowel (assuming there is a Natural Class of vowels with the abbreviation of V) |
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/ # i _ |
after a word initial i phoneme |
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/ # [V] _ |
after a word initial vowel (assuming there is a Natural Class of vowels with the abbreviation of V) |
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/ [V] y _ |
after a vowel (assuming there is a Natural Class of vowels with the abbreviation of V) and a y phoneme |
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/ _ i |
before an i phoneme |
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/ _ [C] |
before a consonant (assuming there is a Natural Class of with the abbreviation of C) |
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/ m _ w |
between an m and an w phoneme |
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/ [C] _ [C] |
between two consonants (assuming there is a natural class of consonants with the abbreviation of C) |
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/ ai _ |
after an a and an i phoneme |
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/ _ ai |
before an a and an i phoneme |
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/ _ (a)i |
before an optional a and an i phoneme; that is, either before ai or before i |
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/ _ ([C]) # |
before an optional word final consonant (assuming there is a natural class of consonants with the abbreviation of C); that is, either before a word final consonant or word finally |
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/_[C^1][V^1] |
For partial reduplication, CV is the reduplication pattern; the 1 integers act as index items that indicate matching items between this environment and the allomorph (or lexeme form); the ^ carets are separators; the syntax order indicates that the reduplication patters comes before the stem. |
Important
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If the font associated with your vernacular writing system does not include the syntactic elements you need for the environment, specifically /, _, [, ], (, ), and #, they may appear as square boxes.
In this case, you can select each character that does not appear correctly and change the writing system to an analysis writing system that includes that syntactic element. The parsers accept environments with multiple writing systems.
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“/” (forward slash) must begin each environment.
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“_” (underscore character) represents the location of the form (lexeme or allomorph) itself.
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An environment may use a natural class or it may use any grapheme of any phoneme.
“[ ]” (square brackets) are required in environments that use a natural class, but are not used in environments that use a grapheme of a phoneme. Examples:
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/_[V] must have a natural class with the abbreviation “V.”
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/m_ uses the m grapheme of some phoneme.
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“( )” (parenthesis) indicate optional phonemes or natural classes.
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“#” (pound sign) is a predefined word boundary marker.
Tip
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For more information, including right-to-left writing system examples, point to Resources on the Help menu, and then click Introduction to Parsing.