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The Command ``ga-file'' (mallex)

Use the command ga-file to make the allomorph rules generate allomorphs for a lexicon file. Assume you have written a lexicon file `` mini.lex'':


[surface: "m{a}n", class: noun];
[surface: "table", class: noun];
[surface: "wise", class: adjective];
To generate the allomorphs for this lexicon, enter:

ga-file mini.lex

This will produce a readable allomorph file whose name ends in `` .cat'' (for categories); for `` mini.lex'' its name will be `` mini.lex.cat'':


surf: "man", cat: [class: noun, syn: singular]
surf: "men", cat: [class: noun, syn: plural]
surf: "table", cat: [class: noun]
surf: "wise", cat: [class: adjective, restr: complete]
surf: "wis", cat: [class: adjective, restr: inflect]



Bjoern Beutel