Glossing Abbreviations

Kernel abbreviations

Abbreviation	Meaning	References
1	first person	LGR (2008)
2	second person	LGR (2008)
3	third person	LGR (2008)
A	agent-like argument of a canonical transitive verb	LGR (2008)
ABL	ablative	LGR (2008)
ABL	absolutive	LGR (2008)
ABSTR	abstract	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
ACC	accusative	LGR (2008)
ACT	active	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
ADJ	adjective	LGR (2008)
ADJZ	adjectivizer, adjectivization	Shopen (2007: xvii): ADJ; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
ADV	adverb, adverbial	LGR (2008)
ADVZ	adverbializer, adverbialization	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
AGR	agreement	LGR (2008)
AGT	agent marker	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
ALL	allative	LGR (2008)
ANT	anterior	Binnick (2001: 559); Bybee et al. (1994: xxi, 54, 61, 78); Shopen (2007: xviii); Werning (2008)
ANTIP	antipassive	LGR (2008)
AOR	aorist	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi)
APPL	applicative	LGR (2008)
ART	article	LGR (2008)
ASPT	aspect (grammatical)
ATT	attachment, attached	Werning (2012): ATTACHED; Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi): ATTD
ATTN	attention marker	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
AUX	auxiliary	LGR (2008)
BEN	benefactive	LGR (2008)
BS	base	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
C	communis (common gender)
CAUS	causative	LGR (2008)
CJVB	conjunctional verb	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
CIRC	circumference	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
CLF	classifier	LGR (2008)
CNSV	consecutive	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
CNJ	conjunction	Bybee et al. (1994: xxi)
COLL	collective	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
COM	comitative	LGR (2008)
COMP	complementizer	LGR (2008)
COMPL	completive	LGR (2008); Bybee et al. (1994: xxi, 57): COMP; compare also: Boland (2006: 48)
COND	conditional	LGR (2008)
COP	copula	LGR (2008)
CORD	coordinating particle	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
CVB	converb	LGR (2008)
DAT	dative	LGR (2008)
DECL	declarative	LGR (2008)
DEF	definite	LGR (2008)
DEM	demonstrative	LGR (2008)
DET	determiner	LGR (2008)
DIST	distal	LGR (2008)
DISTR	distributive	LGR (2008)
DO	direct object	Shopen (2007: xviii)
DIVN	divine name
DU	dual	LGR (2008)
DUR	durative	LGR (2008)
ERG	ergative	LGR (2008)
ELAT	elative	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi)
EXCL	exclusive	LGR (2008)
EXLM	exclamative	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
EXTR	exterior	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi)
F	feminine	LGR (2008)
FOC	focus	LGR (2008)
FOCZ	focalizer, focalization	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
FUT	future	LGR (2008); Dahl (1985: 103-108)
GEN	genitive	LGR (2008)
GODN	god or godess‘s name	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi): GN; cf. DIVN
GRND	ground	Shopen (2007: xix): G; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
ILL	illative	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi)
INESS	inessive	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi)
IMP	imperative	LGR (2008)
IMPRS	impersonal	Shopen (2007: xix): IMP; Bybee et al. (1994: xxi)
INCL	inclusive	LGR (2008)
INCHO	inchoative	Bybee et al. (1994: xxi)
IND	indicative	LGR (2008)
INDF	indefinite	LGR (2008)
INF	infinitive	LGR (2008)
INFR	inferior	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi)
INS	instrumental	LGR (2008)
INT	interior
INTR	intransitive	LGR (2008)
IO	indirect object	cf. DO
IPFV	imperfective	LGR (2008); Comrie (1976: 25, 39); compare also: Werning (2008: 275); Bybee et al. (1994: xxi): IMPF
IPRF	imperfect	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi)
IRR	irrealis	LGR (2008)
LOC	locative	LGR (2008)
M	masculine	LGR (2008)
MED	medium (genus verbi)	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi)
MELL	mellic	compare PROS
MCM	main clause marker	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
MOD	modal, mode	Bybee et al. (1994: xxii)
MODP	modal particle	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
MP	medio-passive	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi)
N	neuter	LGR (2008)
N...	non- (e.g. NPST non-past)	LGR (2008); cf. below
NAM	name
NEG	negation, negative	LGR (2008)
NMLZ	nominalizer, nominalization	LGR (2008); Shopen (2007: xx): NOMIN
NOM	nominative	LGR (2008)
OBJ	object	LGR (2008)
OBL	oblique	LGR (2008)
OBLV	obligative	Bybee et al. (1994: xxii): OBL[igation]; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
ORD	ordinal number	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
P	patient-like argument of a canonical transitive verb	LGR (2008)
PASS	passive	LGR (2008)
PFV	perfective	LGR (2008); Bybee et al. (1994: 54-55, 83): PERF; Dahl (1985: 78); Timberlake (2007: 304)
PL	plural	LGR (2008)
PLUPRF	pluperfect	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi)
PN	personal name	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi)
POST	posterior (relative tense)	Binnick (2001: 559); Werning (2008)
POSS	possessive	LGR (2008)
POSSED	possessed
POT	potential	Shopen (2007: xxi); Bybee et al. (1994: xxi)
PRED	predicative	LGR (2008)
PREP	preposition	Bybee et al. (1994: xxii)
PRF	perfect	LGR (2008); Dahl (1985: ch.5): PFCT; Timberlake (2007: 304): PF
PROG	progressive	LGR (2008)
PROH	prohibitive	LGR (2008)
PROS	prospective	Binnick (2001: 564); Comrie (1976: 64-65); Dahl (1985: 111-112): PROSP [„be going to“]. → Synonymous to MELL: Boland (2006: 46), Klein (1994: 108)
PROX	proximal, proximate	LGR (2008)
PRS	present	LGR (2008); Bybee et al. (1994: xxi): PRES
PRT	preterit	cf. PST
PST	past, preterit	LGR (2008); Bybee et al. (1994: 55, 82); Dahl (1985: 116-117): PAST; Timberlake (2007: 315)
PTCP	participle	LGR (2008)
PTCL	particle	Shopen (2007: xx): PART, PCL; Bybee et al. (1994: xxii): PARTCL; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
PURP	purposive	LGR (2008)
Q	question particle/marker	LGR (2008)
QUOT	quotative	LGR (2008)
RECP	reciprocal	LGR (2008)
REFL	reflexive	LGR (2008)
REL	relative	LGR (2008)
RES	resultative	LGR (2008); Nedjalkov (2001: 928, 930); Bybee et al. (1994: 54, 63)
S	single argument of a canonical intransitive verb	LGR (2008)
SBJ	subject	LGR (2008)
SBJV	subjunctive	LGR (2008)
SBRD	subordinating particle	Shopen (2007: xxi): SUBORD; Bybee et al. (1994: xxii): SUB; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
SIM	simultaneous (relative tense)	Shopen (2007: xxi); Bybee et al. (1994: xxii)
SP	sentence particle	Bybee et al. (1994: xxii)
SG	singular	LGR (2008)
STABS	status absolutus	Schenkel (2005: 109/110, ch. 5.1.1.4); Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
STAT	stative	Nedjalkov (2001: 928); Bybee et al. (1994: xxii); Shopen (2007: xxi): STV
STC	status constructus	Schenkel (2005: 109/110); Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
	status nominalis	→ STC
STPR	status pronominalis	Schenkel (2005: 109/110)
SUPR	superior	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvii)
TERM	themative	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvii)
THMZ	thematizer, thematization	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
TENS	tense
TOP	topic	LGR (2008)
TOPN	toponym	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvi): TN
TOPZ	topicalizer, topicalization	Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
TR	transitive	LGR (2008)
VOC	vocative	LGR (2008)

Abbreviations of combinations of kernel abbreviations

Abbreviation	Equivalent	References
1SG/1PL/1DU	1.SG/1.PL/1.DU	LGR (2008)
2SG/2PL/2DU	2.SG/2.PL/2.DU	LGR (2008)
3SG/3PL/3DU	3.SG/3.PL/3.DU	LGR (2008)
N...	NON., e.g. NPST = NON.PST	LGR (2008)
DATLOC	DAT;LOC	e.g. in Hittite; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 350)
PA	PTCP.ACT	e.g. in Egyptian; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
PA	PTCP.ACT	e.g. in Egyptian; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
PDA	PTCP.DISTR.ACT	e.g. in Egyptian; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
PDP	PTCP.DISTR.PASS	e.g. in Egyptian; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
PF	PTCP.FUT	e.g. in Egyptian; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
PIA	PTCP.IPFV.ACT	e.g. in Egyptian; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
PIP	PTCP.IPFV.PASS	e.g. in Egyptian; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
PP	PTCP.PASS	e.g. in Egyptian; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
PPO	PTCP.POST	e.g. in Egyptian; Di Biase-Dyson et al. (2009: 351)
TA	TENS.ASPT	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvii)
TAM	TENS.ASPT.MOD	Kutscher & Werning (forthc.: xxvii)

Bibliography

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• Comrie, Bernard (1976). Aspect. An Introduction to the Study of Verbal Aspect and Related Problems, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Dahl, Östen (1985). Tense and Aspect Systems, Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
• Di Biase Dyson, Camilla, Frank Kammerzell & Daniel A. Werning (2009). Glossing Ancient Egyptian. Suggestions for Adapting the Leipzig Glossing Rules. In: Lingua Aegyptia. Journal of Egyptian Language Studies 17: 243–266.
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