Conjoined lexical units
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A single surface form can correspond to multiple lexical units. When this happens, the lexical units are connected with +
.
An example of where this might be useful is English plurals and possessives:
^dog/dog<n><sg>$ ^dogs/dog<n><pl>$ ^dog's/dog<n><sg>+'s<gen>$ ^dogs'/dog<n><pl>+'s<gen>$
In monodix this is written with <j/>
<pardef n="dog__n"> <e><p> <l></l> <r><s n="n"/><s n="sg"/></r> </p></e> <e><p> <l>s</l> <r><s n="n"/><s n="pl"/></r> </p></e> <e><p> <l>'s</l> <r><s n="n"/><s n="sg"/><j/>'s<s n="gen"/></r> </p></e> <e><p> <l>s'</l> <r><s n="n"/><s n="pl"/><j/>'s<s n="gen"/></r> </p></e> </pardef> <e lm="dog"><i>dog</i><par n="dog__n"/></e>
In lexc this is written with %+
LEXICON NounInfl %<n%>%<sg%>: # ; %<n%>%<pl%>:s # ; %<n%>%<sg%>%+'s%<gen%>:'s # ; %<n%>%<pl%>%+'s%<gen%>:s' # ; LEXICON NounRoot dog:dog NounInfl ;
In lexd this is written with +
LEXICON NounNumPos <sg>: <pl>:s <sg>+'s<gen>:'s <pl>+'s<gen>:s' LEXICON NounRoot dog:dog PATTERNS NounRoot NounNumPos