Shoebox

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Shoebox

• an introduction

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Function of Shoebox

• tool for storing, annotating and analyzing
  linguistic data
• storage and linking of different types of data
• lexicon-based interlinearization
• dictionary creation
• analysis

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Function of Shoebox

• storage and linking of different types of data
• text files
• dictionary files
• language encoding files (.lng) definition of
  fonts, variables, sort orders
• database type files (.typ) definition of fields
  (i.e., tiers), jump paths (i.e., links to other
  files and to other fields), interlinearization

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Function of Shoebox

• lexicon-based interlinearization,
• i.e., automatic translation and annotation of
  transcribed text
• interlinear setup
• variables, forced glosses, word formulas

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Function of Shoebox

• dictionary creation,
• i.e., automatic creation of formatted
  dictionaries
• MDF (Multi-Dictionary Formatter)

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Function of Shoebox

• possibilities for analysis
• search
• find
• filtering
• sorting
• wordlists
• concordance