Using the LinguaLinks linguistics tools

by International Linguistics Department

Complete Table of Contents

Summary

This book contains how-to instructions for setting up LinguaLinks Workshops. It provides specific information about setting up language projects, language encodings, character sets and using the various preferences found in the LinguaLinks Workshops analysis tools. Video clips demonstrate parts of the setup process and also give a broad overview of what the analysis tools can do. This information will help you set up a project for the first time and modify specific settings for the needs of your project.

Building a lexical database

How to create a lexical database in LinguaLinks

Importing a dictionary file

How to print a dictionary from the lexical database

How to print selected parts of a lexical database

How to export a lexical database for formatting and printing as a Microsoft Word document

How to export a lexical database for printing with a program that recognizes Standard Format markup

Working with a lexical database index

Building a lexical database index

How to edit an index entry

How to add an index entry to a sense

How to add an index entry that has a subentry

How to automatically link senses to index entries

How to change the title of a lexical database index

How to use a lexical database index

How to print a lexical database index

Browsing through the lexical database

Selecting a view for the lexical database

Moving between related entries in the lexical database

How to move between cross-referenced entries or senses

How to go from an entry to its subentries or minor entries

How to go from a subentry or minor entry to other related entries

How to go from a subentry or minor entry to its owning entry

How to go to the Lexical Database Editor window

How to use the Lexical Database Category Viewer

Entering data in a LinguaLinks lexical database

Inserting individual entries in the lexical database

Filling out a major entry

Choosing a base form

Choosing an entry type

Inserting a base form pronunciation

Choosing a citation form

Inserting a citation form pronunciation

Filling out senses in a lexical entry

Filling out basic information for a sense

Choosing a part of speech for a sense

Working with illustrative sentences for a sense

How to choose a good illustrative sentence

How to insert an example of a sense

How to test an illustrative sentence for specificity

Example: How to test for specificity in a sentence illustrating a primary sense of a lexeme

Example: How to test for specificity in a sentence illustrating a figurative sense of a lexeme

How to use a text example as an illustrative sentence without modification

How to add a modified text example as an illustrative sentence

How to write an illustrative sentence

Filling out other information for a sense

Classifying a sense

How to classify a sense according to OCM codes

How to automatically link senses to OCM codes

How to classify a sense according to a knowledge or activity domain

How to select an illustration for a sense

Entering the scientific name of a sense

How to insert a cross-reference

How to insert an additional sense

How to group senses together

How to insert an annotation

Working with the Tags fields

Filling out a subentry

Filling out a minor entry

Editing entries in the lexical database

Arranging windows and tools for comparing entries and senses

How to use the Compare Related Senses tool

How to open a separate editing window

How to convert a major entry to a subentry

How to convert a subentry to a major entry

How to select an entry or a sense

How to view lexical database statistics

How to expand your lexical database by comparing it with published materials

How to set up a lexical database

Selecting a view for the lexical database

Working with filters

How to turn on a filter

How to turn off a filter

How to create a filter

How to create a complex filter

How to copy a filter

How to delete a filter

How to move a filter in the filter list

How to edit filters for the lexical database

How to filter for entries assigned to a specific category

How to filter for entries that have or do not have a specific kind of data

How to filter entries for a specific range of the alphabet

How to filter entries containing particular letters or words

How to filter to eliminate duplication of subentries and minor entries in RSF output files

Using the Morphology Explorer

How to use other tools from the Morphology Explorer

How to discover morphemes on the basis of semantic similarity

Viewing all data objects of a particular kind using the Morphology Explorer

How to open the Morphology Explorer

Querying the Morphology Explorer

How to identify a potential morpheme using a semantic approach (example)

How to discover morphemes on the basis of form similarity

How to identify a morpheme using a morph approach (example)

Representing unusual morphology in lingualinks

Representing discontinuous morphemes

Representing clitics

Representing suppletive forms

Representing portmanteau morphs

Using the thesaurus tool

How to modify lexical relations in LinguaLinks

How to delete a lexical relation

How to add a subclass to a lexical relation

How to move a lexical relation in the list

How to add a lexical relation

How to select and modify a thesaurus view of the lexical database

Working with thesaurus categories

Linking a sense to a thesaurus category

How to unlink a sense from a thesaurus category

How to automatically link senses to thesaurus categories

How to link a sense manually to selected thesaurus categories

How to change the selection of thesaurus categories proposed for a sense

Working with lexical relations

How to discover lexical relations within a thesaurus category

Discovering lexical relations in a language

How to work with lexical relation sets

How to go to a lexical relation Set Editor

How to create a lexical relation set for a lexical relation

How to go to the Lexical Relation Set Chooser

How to compare senses in a lexical relation set

Linking senses to a lexical relation set

Using the Set Editor to find a sense for linking to a lexical relation set

How to use the Set Editor to find a sense associated with a particular entry

How to use the Set Editor to find a sense associated with a specific thesaurus category

How to use the Set Editor to find a sense associated with a specific lexical relation set

How to use the Set Editor to create a new entry and link to its sense

How to use the Set Editor to create a new sense for an existing entry and link to it

How to unlink a sense from a lexical relation set

How to link a sense to a simple lexical relation set

How to link a sense to a scalar lexical relation set

How to link a sense to a lexical relation set of pairs

How to link a sense to a lexical relation tree

How to add a member to a lexical relation tree

How to move a member of a lexical relation tree

How to delete a lexical relations set

How to delete a member of a lexical relation set

Interlinearizing texts

How to open an existing interlinear text

How to create an interlinear text

How to prepare a text for analysis

How to fill in information about a text

Working with segments

How to add a segment

How to add a segmented paragraph

How to choose an orthography for the baseline of an interlinear text

Analyzing a word list for a text

How to assign occurrences of a wordform to an analysis

How to assign occurrences of a wordform to an analysis using the Wordform Inventory editor

How to unassign or reassign a wordform occurrence using the Analysis editor

How to accept or change a proposed analysis for a wordform in an interlinear text

How to split a segment or paragraph

How to join segments and paragraphs

Working with sections in an interlinear text

Analyzing wordforms

Analyzing wordforms in an interlinear text

How to analyze a single wordform of an interlinear text based on all contexts

How to analyze a single wordform of an interlinear text in its unique current context

Creating a word analysis

How to add a sense combination

How to categorize and gloss a morph

Editing the word glosses of a sense combination

How to create morph breaks

How to categorize and gloss a word

Analyzing wordforms in the Wordform Inventory

How to delete unattested wordforms

How to change the spelling of a wordform in the word list

How to change the capitalization of a wordform in the word list

Modifying a word analysis

How to delete a word gloss

How to redo a word analysis

How to delete a word analysis

How to delete a sense combination

Working in the Wordform Inventory editor

How to unassign an occurrence from an analysis using the Wordform Inventory editor

How to view the full segment of an occurrence and its context

How to merge duplicate wordforms

How to view a concordance of a wordform in the text corpus of a language project

Accessing the Word Analyzer tools

How to work with wordform variants in alternate encodings

How to enter or edit a single variant wordform in an alternate encoding

How to enter or edit a list of variant wordforms in an alternate encoding

How to change the capitalization or spelling of wordforms not in the baseline

Analyzing on the morpheme level

How to categorize and gloss a morph

How to edit a morpheme gloss

How to analyze lexemes that vary only by type

How to edit a morph

How to enter or edit morph variants

How to delete unattested morphs

Viewing occurrences of morphemes and wordfomrs assigned to a particular part of speech category

How to export an interlinear text for use with a word processor

Working with object insertion points

Using the prototype phonological application

Building a phonetic data corpus

Entering data in the phonetic data corpus

How to edit data in the phonetic data corpus

How to add data entries to the phonetic data corpus

How to delete an entry from the phonetic data corpus

How to display a status report of your work

Working with a phoneme statement

How to phonemicize your data

How to create a phoneme statement

How to edit a phoneme statement

How to add an example to a phoneme statement

How to delete an allophone in a phoneme statement

How to delete an example of a phoneme statement

How to view phonology data

How to edit phoneme chart row and column labels

How to assign phoneme chart labels to phonemes

How to display a phoneme chart

How to edit a phone chart

How to use the Compare Phonetically Similar Segments window

How to display the phone description list

How to display phone charts

How to display syllable patterns

How to display all the occurrences of a phone

How to export a display of a phone's occurrences

How to check for homophones

How to display the IPA charts

How to create a phonetic data corpus

Working with embedders

Embedding an existing object

How to hear pronunciations of IPA sounds

How to go to the Index editor