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Knowledge base · Part II — Sources, Conventions, Glossing, and Orthography

10. Interlinear Glossing, Abbreviations, and Citation Conventions

How does the grammar present and annotate Ainu examples?

アイヌ語の例文はどのように提示され、注釈が付けられるか?

How to read the grammar's examples — the Leipzig-based interlinear format, morpheme segmentation, the gloss and abbreviation inventory, and the source-attribution sigla.

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2claims
3statements
8sources
1examples
6sections
54first-edition sentences

Local network

The chapter, its sections, the sources it cites, the chapters it cross-references, the forms it mentions most, and the claims grouped under it with the sources that assert, propose, doubt or reject each.

Claims

A claim is one proposition; under it stand the statements of each source, with the stance that source takes. Claims are grouped by a model from the extracted statements and carry that status until reviewed.

Sections

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The interlinear format 1 claims ·9 sentences· 1 examples

What is the format of interlinear glossing for Ainu examples?

  1. Words written entirely in capital letters in Latin transcription represent Japanese words, with the exception of sakehe.
    ローマ字表記においてすべて大文字で書かれた単語は、sakehe を除き日本語であることを示す。
    other ainu universal
    asserts nakagawa2024
ku=nu ru-we ne
1SG.A=hear track-POSS COP
‘I heard it.’
constructed

Morpheme boundary conventions 1 claims ·11 sentences

What symbols mark morpheme boundaries in Ainu examples?

  1. In Latin transcription, the tilde (~) indicates alternating forms of the same word.
    ローマ字表記において、記号 ~ は同一語の交替形を表す。
    alternation ainu universal ppe
    asserts nakagawa2024

Grammatical glosses and the abbreviation set 11 sentences

How are lexical and grammatical glosses distinguished?

Dialect tags and example attribution 9 sentences

How are dialect tags assigned to Ainu examples?

Source citation and the bibliography 9 sentences

How are sources cited in the grammar?

Evidence-grade labels 5 sentences

How are evidence levels indicated for contested claims?