Difference between revisions of "Archiphonemes"

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* If the archiphoneme is subject to deletion, it should be written in lower case, e.g. <code>{s}</code>
* If the archiphoneme is subject to deletion, it should be written in lower case, e.g. <code>{s}</code>
* If the archiphoneme is never deleted, it should be written in upper case, e.g. <code>{A}</code>
* If the archiphoneme is never deleted, it should be written in upper case, e.g. <code>{A}</code>
* If the archiphoneme is always deleted, it ''may'' consist of more than one character, e.g. <code>{dup}</code>. This is however advised against.



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Revision as of 09:27, 31 January 2012

Standards for archiphonemes

  • Archiphonemes should be a single character.
  • Archiphonemes in lexc should be encased in { and }.
  • Archiphonemes should be declared in the Multichar_Symbols section in the header of the file after the grammatical tags, with a comment giving their possible forms.
  • If the archiphoneme is subject to deletion, it should be written in lower case, e.g. {s}
  • If the archiphoneme is never deleted, it should be written in upper case, e.g. {A}
  • If the archiphoneme is always deleted, it may consist of more than one character, e.g. {dup}. This is however advised against.