Closed stannam closed 2 years ago
update:
1. Pronunciation variants is only allowed for 'transcription (alternative)' (solved)
We chose path 2. In other words, transcription (default) does NOT vary.
Now, a two-lined interlinear corpus cannot handle pronunciation variants. If an ilg file has two lines, there should be one line for spelling and another for canonical transcription. If the transcription differs, they should be treated as if homographs.
e.g., in the following mini example, two 'tomato's should be different entries <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
tomato | tomato | tomato -- | -- | -- təmeɪɾoʊ | təmeɪɾoʊ | təmatoʊ
Typically, a corpus with variant forms involves three attributes: orthography, default transcription, and alternative transcription. Alternative transcription varies within lexical items.
We also allow variant forms without the alternative transcription attribute. I.e., the user can select canonical transcriptions to vary within lexical items (see #703). The problem in this case is that analysis functions cannot recognize transcription.
Two options
1. No canonical but only variants
2. Do not allow default transcription to vary