Add entry to lexicon — add

This function creates a new entry in the lexicon, i.e. a new empty entry skeleton is written to disk, in the lexicon/ directory, for the user to edit at will.

Usage

add_entry(
  lexadb,
  entry = NULL,
  gloss = NULL,
  part_of_speech = NULL,
  phon = NULL,
  morph_category = NULL,
  morph_type = NULL,
  definition = gloss,
  etymology = NULL,
  notes = NULL
)

Arguments

lexadb: A lexadb object (created with load_lexadb).
entry: The entry as a string.
gloss: The gloss as a string.
part_of_speech: The part of speech as a string.
phon: The phonetic transcription as a string.
morph_category: The morphosyntactic category as a string ("lexical" or "grammatical").
morph_type: The type of morpheme as a string.
definition: The definition of the entry as a string.
etymology: The etymology of the entry as a string.
notes: Further notes as a string.

Value

Nothing. Used for its side effects