Morpheme

Validate against: http://json-schema.org/schema#

Schema ID: http://cdn.digitallinguistics.io/schemas/Morpheme-1.0.0.json

Description

A morpheme token is a particular instance of a morpheme in a text. In DLx, the primary function of the Morpheme object is to provide a concise, short description of each token of a morpheme in a corpus - its form, its gloss, and a reference to an item in a lexicon where more information can be found.

Type: object

Required Properties

  • form
  • gloss

Additional properties: true

Properties

  • Form: "form"

    Description

    A transcription of this morpheme token. Should be a transcription of this particular token/allomorph, rather than an abstract representation of the morpheme. Do not include any leading or trailing tokens such as hyphens or equal signs.

    Must be an instance of the MultiLangString schema.

  • Gloss: "gloss"

    Description

    A gloss for this morpheme, optionally in multiple languages.

    Must be an instance of the MultiLangString schema.

  • Lexeme: "lexeme"

    Description

    A Lexeme Reference to an item in a lexicon where more information about this morpheme may be found.

    Must be an instance of the LexemeReference schema.

Default Value

{
  "form": {},
  "gloss": {}
}