Lexicon Edit overview

In Lexicon Edit, the Entries pane displays entries in rows and fields in columns (See: Browse). The Entry pane has all the lexical fields necessary to develop each lexical entry. Here you can access a field and do tasks that are appropriate for that field. Important below gives additional explanation.

This Help book contains the following topics:

Lexicon Edit User Help Topics
About Import Residue fields
About Lexicon Edit field levels
Add a lexical subentry
Add and resolve questions
Add another Variant Info section
Add Reference dialog box graphic
Add reference to cross reference lexical relation (entry level)
Add reference to lexical relation (sense level)
Build an Affix Process Rule
Change / enter a gloss
Change the "entry type"
Change Grammatical Info
Change morph type
Choose academic domains
Choose anthropology categories
Choose categories (Attaches to Categories field)
Choose Complex Form type
Choose components for Components field
Choose components for Show Subentry under field
Choose Dialect Labels
Choose environments
Choose exception "features"
Choose infix positions
Choose inflection class
Choose inflection features
Choose item for a custom list reference field (Lexicon)
Choose note type (extended note)
Choose Publish In publications
Choose referenced complex forms
Choose semantic domains
Choose Show As Headword In field publications
Choose sense type
Choose slots
Choose source languages (Etymology)
Choose status for a sense
Choose Stem Name
Choose subentries for Subentries field
Choose usages
Choose Variant of entry
Choose variant types
Create lexical entry Create a Pattern-Matching Entry
Create New Grammatical Info dialog box graphic
Delete allomorph
Delete this Etymology
Delete example
Delete extended note
Delete Grammatical Info
Delete inflection feature
Delete lexical entry
Delete lexical relation
Delete picture
Delete pronunciation
Delete sense or subsense
Delete this Media link (a link to sound or movie file)
Delete translation (of example)
Delete variant form
Delete Variant Info
Edit Reference Set Details
Enter bibliographical information
Enter citation form
Enter a comment (of complex form or variant form)
Enter definition
Enter encyclopedic information
Enter etymological information
Enter literal meaning
Enter note content at the entry level
Enter note content in a sense
Enter pronunciation
Enter restrictions
Enter reversal entry About Reversal Entries
Enter scientific name
Enter source information
Enter summary definition
Enter exemplar data
Exclude entry from the dictionary
Find example sentence
Format a table (in a custom field)
Insert / Delete Affix Process Rule
Insert allomorph
Insert cross reference lexical relation (entry level)
Insert an example in an extended note
Insert Etymology
Insert example in a sense
Insert extended note
Insert lexical relation (sense level)
Insert picture
Insert pronunciation
Insert sense or subsense
Insert sound or movie file (link to)
Insert translation in example
Insert variant form
Merge allomorphs
Merge entries
Merge senses
Move an allomorph
Move an entry in a sequence (lexical relation)
Move an example
Move a picture
Move a pronunciation
Move sense to a new entry
Move sense to another entry
Move Variant Info Up/Down
Play sound or movie file
Reorder Etymologies
Reorder Extended Notes
Reorder Pronunciations
Reorder, demote, or promote a sense
Resolve conflicts and notifications (merge)
Select pronunciation writing systems
Specify a Form is Abstract
Specify that a form is a variant
Specify that a form is complex
Specify publishable lexical data
Swap Lexeme Form with Allomorph
Table, format (in a custom field)
Using the Add from Catalog dialog box
Using the Create New Grammatical Info dialog box
Using the Credit, Copyright and License dialog box
Using the Edit Grammatical Info dialog box
Using the Morphosyntactic Gloss Assistant
Using the Picture Properties dialog box

Important

There are different types of fields. Generally speaking, for some fields you enter (type or paste) the data directly into the field. Some fields display and reference data from another field in the lexicon. For other fields, you choose an item from a list. You maintain the lists in the Lists or Grammar areas.
The tasks you do in Lexicon Edit typically affect one field in one entry or sense. Optionally, you can use Bulk Edit features to do many of the same tasks, but across multiple entries or senses at the same time. Lexicography Tasks overview lists additional topics you can use.

Lexicon Edit overview

Important

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