What is a minor entry in a lexical database?

A minor entry is a unit in the lexical database representing a lexeme that is an irregular variant of a major entry lexeme. It contains minimal phonological, semantic, and grammatical information about the variant.

Insert the following types of lexemes as minor entries:

• Irregularly inflected forms
• Irregular phonological variants

Click the following jumps to see examples of minor entries in the English lexical database:

• Data Entry view
• Publication view

Context for this page:

• Concept module: minor entry in a lexical database
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): M
• In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
• In bookshelf: Linguistics

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003. [Ordering information.]

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