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Cross-Linguistic Transcription Systems
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Dummy Marker Ø #100

Closed LinguList closed 4 months ago

LinguList commented 3 years ago

My future code will require the extensive use of dummy markers that extend the source/target construct. This can also be used for allophonic variation, e.g., e a being phonetically e j a, so if I see this in the data, but want to mark in an alignment, that one should ignore the j, I can write e j/Ø a. Or if I want to add it, I can write e Ø/j a. Having the Ø as a symbol seems useful, as it would otherwise resolve as a wrong sound in an evaluation, although it is intended.

LinguList commented 3 years ago

And for now it looks like I can later just run the test and see if it works.

LinguList commented 3 years ago

Okay, we have this now, we should test it for a while. Maybe we'll end up preferring different symbols (like C, B, P, etc.). But for now, this could be closed, I think. For a new release, however, we should make sure we have reviewed this a bit more.