Editing Glossing Rules (section)

=== One-to-Many Correspondences ===
==== One object language word = many gloss elements ====
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; (2a) Standard Joining Rule (for the gloss)
: Within a pair of an object language word and gloss, neither the word nor the gloss may contain any whitespaces (blanks, tabs). 
: If one object language word corresponds to two or more elements in the gloss, these elements have to be joined by a punctuation mark. 
:The standard punctuation mark for '''joining elements in the gloss''' is the '''period “.”'''. <ref>Cf. ''LGR'' (2008): rule 4.</ref>
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; Example:
{| {{Glossing table}}
|-
| ''Vorgestern'' || ''bin'' || ''ich'' || ''aus'' || ''einem'' || ''Kurzurlaub'' || ''zurückgekommen''.
|-
| th'''e.d'''a'''y.b'''efor'''e.y'''esterday || am || I || out || a || shor'''t.v'''acation || bac'''k.c'''ome
|}
{{Translation|‘I came back from a short vacation the day before yesterday.’}}

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But '''not''':
{| {{Wrong glossing table}}
|-
| ''Vorgestern'' || ''bin'' || ''ich'' || ''aus'' || ''einem'' || ''Kurzurlaub'' || ''zurückgekommen''.
|-
| th'''e d'''a'''y b'''efor'''e y'''esterday || am || I || out || a || shor'''t v'''acation || bac'''k c'''ome
|}
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; Standard exception to the Standard Joining Rule
: The sequence PERSON – NUMBER is usually spelled simply without a period “.”, i.e. [[Glossing Abbreviations|abbreviated]] as e.g. “3PL” (instead of “3'''.'''PL”). <ref>''LGR'' (2008): rule 5.</ref>
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For another meaning of the period “.” in cases in which other punctuation marks like colons “:”, hyphens “-” or else are also used, see [[#Punctuation_period_expert|The Period in Expert Mode section]] below. 

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===== Compact translation phrases in the gloss =====
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; (2b) Compact phrase joining recommendation
: If one object language word corresponds to a compact '''multi-word phrase translation in the gloss''', these elements should rather be joined by an '''underscore “_”''' than by a period “.”. <ref>''LGR'' (2008): rule 4a; Lehmann (2004: R23).</ref>
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; Example:
{| {{Glossing table}}
|-
| ''Vorgestern'' || ''bin'' || ''ich'' || ''aus'' || ''einem'' || ''Kurzurlaub'' || ''zurückgekommen''.
|-
| th'''e_d'''a'''y_b'''efor'''e_y'''esterday || am || I || out || a || short.vacation || back.come
|}

<small>
Rather than
{| {{Wrong glossing table}}
|-
| ''Vorgestern'' || ''bin'' || ''ich'' || ''aus'' || ''einem'' || ''Kurzurlaub'' || ''zurückgekommen''.
|-
| th'''e.d'''a'''y.b'''efor'''e.y'''esterday || am || I || out || a || short.vacation || back.come
|}
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; FAQ:
: ''What is the difference between the case of ''“vorgestern – th'''e_d'''a'''y_b'''efor'''e_y'''esterday”'' and ''“Kurzurlaub – shor'''t.v'''acation”''?''  
: In the case of “Kurzurlaub – short.vacation”, the object language word “Kurzurlaub” actually contains the separate elements “short” (“kurz”) and “vacation” (“Urlaub”) – and only these elements. In the case of “vorgestern – the_day_before_yesterday – vorgestern”, on the other hand, the object language word “vorgestern” does not contain the elements “the”, “day”, “before”, and “yesterday” as four separate units. “The day before yesterday” is rather a fixed combined phrase.

: ''But ''“vorgestern”'' does contain the elements ''“before”'' and ''“yesterday”''!''  
: In the spirit of the Compact Phrase Joining Rule, one may therefore gloss “vorgestern” either as “befor'''e.y'''esterday” or “'''the_day_b'''efor'''e_y'''esterday”.

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==== Many object language words = one gloss element ====
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; (2c) Standard Joining Rule for object language words
: If two or more object language words corresponds to one element in the gloss, these elements have to be joined by a punctuation mark. The standard punctuation mark for '''joining object language words''' that correspond to one single gloss is the '''underscore “_”''' (rather than the period “.”). <ref>Lehmann (2004: R11).</ref>
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; Example:
{| {{Glossing table}}
|-
| ''I'' || ''came'' || ''back'' || ''from'' || ''a'' || ''short'' || ''vacation'' || ''th'''e_d'''a'''y_b'''efor'''e_y'''esterday''
|-
| ich || kam || zurück || von || ein || kurz || Urlaub || vorgestern
|}
{{Translation|‘Vorgestern bin ich aus einem Kurzurlaub zurückgekommen.’}}

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But '''not''':
{| {{Wrong glossing table}}
|-
| ''I'' || ''came'' || ''back'' || ''from'' || ''a'' || ''short'' || ''vacation'' || ''th'''e d'''a'''y b'''efor'''e y'''esterday''
|-
| ich || kam || zurück || von || ein || kurz || Urlaub || vorgestern
|}
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