Editing Glossing Rules (section)

== Optional rules: advanced mode ==
Some words are neatly separable into different morphemes, others are not. In an advanced mode of glossing the encoder may distinguish between '''separable morphemes, ‘joined’ by a colon (“:”)''', and '''inseparable morphemes, ‘joined’ by a period (“.”)'''. 

=== General marking of separable inflection ===
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; (5) Unspecified inflection markup
: If one object language word corresponds to two or more elements in the gloss that '''can be distinguished between, theoretically''', but the encoder is not able to or does not want to specify the type of inflection or the morpheme boundary, these elements may be joined (or rather separated) in the gloss by a '''colon “:”''' (rather than by a period “.”). <ref>''LGR'' (2008): rule 4c; cf. Lehmann (2004: R13).</ref>
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; Example:
{| {{Glossing table}}
|-
| ''Vorgestern'' || ''bin'' || ''ich'' || ''aus'' || ''ei'''ne'''m'' || ''Kur'''zu'''rlaub'' || ''zurüc'''kgek'''om'''me'''n''.
|-
| the_day_before_yesterday || be.PRS.1SG || 1SG.NOM || out || ART.INDF.S'''G:M'''.DAT || shor'''t:v'''acation.'''M:S'''G.DAT || bac'''k:c'''om'''e:P'''TCP.PRF
|}
{{Translation|‘I came back from a short vacation the day before yesterday.’}}

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Rather than
{| {{Wrong glossing table}}
|-
| ''Vorgestern'' || ''bin'' || ''ich'' || ''aus'' || ''einem'' || ''Kurzurlaub'' || ''zurückgekommen''.
|-
| the_day_before_yesterday || be.PRS.1SG || 1SG.NOM || out || ART.INDF.S'''G.M'''.DAT || shor'''t.v'''acation.'''M.S'''G.DAT || bac'''k.c'''om'''e.P'''TCP.PRF
|}
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Note that, consequently, the period (“.”) has a more precise meaning than in the advanced mode (see [[#Punctuation_period_advanced|below]]).

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=== The period in advanced mode ===
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; (2a') The period in advanced mode
: If one chooses to mark separable morphemes by a colon “:”, elements in a gloss should only be joined by a period “.”, if these are inseparably fused in the object language word, i.e. if they are part of a ''Portmanteau'' morpheme. <ref>Cf. Lehmann (2004: R21). ''LGR'' (2008: rule 4B) suggest the semi-colon “;” as an alternative.</ref>
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; Example:
{| {{Glossing table}}
|-
| ''Vorgestern'' || ''bin'' || ''ich'' || ''aus'' || ''einem'' || ''Kurzurlaub'' || ''zurückgekommen''.
|-
| the_day_before_yesterday || '''be.PRS.1SG''' || '''1SG.NOM''' || out || a:'''M.DAT''' || short:vacation(M)['''SG.DAT'''] || back:come:'''PTCP.PRF'''
|}
{{Translation|‘I came back from a short vacation the day before yesterday.’}}

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