Overview
Users can output interlinear glosses in Rmarkdown files from the texts in a Lexa database.
Both PDF and HTML output formats are supported. The LaTeX package expex is used for PDF output, while HTML glosses are rendered with Leipzig.js.
At this time, the functionalities implemented within lexa are limited, but they provide sufficient coverage for basic glossing.
Load a Lexa database
To load a Lexa database, we first attach the lexa package.
And then load the example database eleryon_lexadb.
eleryon_path <- system.file("extdata/eleryon_lexadb", package = "lexa")
eleryon <- load_lexadb(eleryon_path)
#> ℹ Loading lexa database...We can now inspect the content of the eleryon
database.
eleryon
#>
#> ── Database info ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
#> ◉ Name: eleryon
#> ℹ Entries: 6 | Texts: 1
#>
#> ── Lexicon breakdown ──
#>
#> ◉ Categories → Lexical: 6
#> ◉ Morpheme types → Roots: 6
#> ◉ POS → Adverbs: 1 | Nouns: 1 | Verbs: 4Include interlinear glosses
There are two ways of including an interlinear gloss in an Rmarkdown file.
Inline R code
One is by using inline R code (see the source of this vignette for the code).
Ęs ętsu urųrtō enēim kę̄syoh bhųl enēim āireᵃph likhpyūaq.
[œs œtsu uryrtoː eneːim kœːsjoh βyl eneːim aːireɐɸ lixpjuːaʔ]
ęs ętsu ur-ųrt-ō enēim kę̄sy-oh bhųl enēim āir-eᵃph lichp-y-ūaq
and then RDP-sit-PFCT:IND:1SG on rock-ACC while on 1PL-ACC rain-V-IMPF:IND:IMPR
‘And then I sat on a rock, while it was raining over me.’
R code chunk
Alternatively, one can use an R code chunk and set
results='asis'.
include_gloss(eleryon, "tx_000001", "st_000002")Ksǫnteziṇ gartosesī ōroi Vāisi su Meukha su vēsyēl selo ellāimōma enēim āireᵃph.
[ksɵnteziŋ gartosesiː oːroi vaːisi su meuxa su veːsjeːl selo ellaːimoːma eneːim aːreɐɸ]
ksǫntez-iṇ garto-se-sī ōroi Vāisi su Meucha su vēsy-ēl sel-o ellāim-ōma enēim āir-eᵃph
pleasure-INST tell-1SG-2PL:ACC about sun:NOM and moon:NOM and star-NOM:PL which be-3PL:ABS above 1PL-ACC
‘With pleasure I tell you about the Sun, the Moon and the stars that are above us.’
Original writing system and transcription/transliteration
bromi_path <- system.file("extdata/bromi_lexadb", package = "lexa")
bromi <- load_lexadb(bromi_path)
#> ℹ Loading lexa database...ふぁろっしゃ「ぎそんの「うっつろい
Farossha gisonno uttroi.
[faɽɔʃʃa gisɔnno uttɽoi]
fa-rossha gi-sonno uttr-oi
ACC-lunch NOM-1PL eat-1PL
‘We are having lunch.’