[Tshwanelex-l] In-text cross-references; tilde function

[Claire Bowern]

My best guess is to redefine the cross-reference type so that it prints as
inline. Not ideal, since it will also affect the formatting of the
etymology block.
Claire

On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 3:28 PM SIEGEL, Jason <jason.siegel at cavehill.uwi.edu>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Following up on an email from last year, I was wondering whether anyone
> has information on how to do inline cross-references. While there are
> sample files that include them, I have not been able to figure out how to
> edit my DTD to enable them in any sort of productive way. If you have
> created a dictionary with inline cross-references, I would appreciate any
> feedback that could help me bring these projects to a publishable state.
> This is the main obstacle I face in the inputting of entries.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Jason
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> *From:* Tshwanelex-l [mailto:tshwanelex-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *SIEGEL, Jason
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 12, 2019 4:46 PM
> *To:* tshwanelex-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* [Tshwanelex-l] In-text cross-references; tilde function
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> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I’m working on converting a couple of dictionary projects from Word and
> PDF to TLex databases. I’m running into one big problem, which is that the
> dictionaries in question have in-text cross-references. One of them also
> has cross-references to equivalent lemmas at the start of the entry, in
> addition to the cross-references in text. I’ll give an example from Richard
> Allsopp’s *Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage*, which inspired one of
> these projects.
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> *(h)a·ma·di·li **n *(Belz) [*X*] *ARMADILLO* (Guyn) [Prosthetic /h/ +
> AMADILI, folk pronunc of ARMADILLO]
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>
> In this case, the cross-reference comes in the etymology, while in other
> cases it appears in the definition or some other note. Is there any way
> that people have found to embed the cross-references automatically?
>
>
>
> Also, is it possible to get two different tildes? One of my dictionaries
> has a tilde used for the headword, and a separate tilde for the
> pronunciation. Is there any way to have a separate function? Alternatively,
> is there a way to show a tilde character that is typed in that never gets
> expanded, unlike another tilde that may get expanded?
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> *[image: Description: Description: Description: uwi_crest]*
>
> *UWI*
>
> *Dr Jason F. Siegel*
> Research Fellow in Lexicography
>
> Director, Richard & Jeannette Allsopp Centre for Caribbean Lexicography
>
> Department of Language, Linguistics and Literature
>
> Faculty of Humanities & Education
>
> *The University of the West Indies*
>
> CAVE HILL CAMPUS
>
> PO Box 64, Bridgetown BB11000, Barbados
>
>
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>
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Claire Bowern
Professor
Editor: *Diachronica*
Department of Linguistics, Yale University
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