Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...
Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...
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<strong>Uyo</strong>–Bielefeld <strong>Ibibio</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)<br />
3 Lexicographic procedure<br />
The main source for the information contained in the dictionary is the existing - but out<br />
of print - <strong>Ibibio</strong> dictionary by Elaine Kaufman 1<br />
Table 2: Tabular lexical information acquisition.<br />
aa HH interj indicates surprise<br />
aa HF interj indicates surprise<br />
aafo LHL n [Eng ’Half’] half penny<br />
aafu LHL n [Eng ’Half’] half penny<br />
aak HD ˜ HF interj please (emphatic, persuasive, very polite)<br />
aakpONO LLHH n named child (someone named after another, each is<br />
’akp’ON’O to the other)<br />
aba edem HF LL n the back (anat) (’ed’em back, side)<br />
aba(1) LL n cavity, hollow, hole<br />
aba(2) LL num forty<br />
aba(3) LL adv again, anymore, still (used most commonly with a<br />
negative verb)<br />
The dictionary was compiled using the following semi–formal procedure:<br />
1. Collation of sources: Kaufman dictionary, corpus material, language expert consultation.<br />
2. Scanning of legacy material was tested <strong>and</strong> did not work.<br />
3. An initial microstructure for entering lexical information was defined.<br />
4. A decision to enter all information in typewriter–friendly ASCII notation was made.<br />
An ASCII coding of <strong>Ibibio</strong> orthography was defined, but in fact SAMPA ASCII<br />
phonemic notation was used (with gh/h neutralised to /R/).<br />
5. A tabular structure with entries in rows <strong>and</strong> types of lexical information in columns<br />
was defined.<br />
6. Lexical information was entered manually into the table, using both open source<br />
<strong>and</strong> proprietary office software (OpenOffice, MS-Word), yielding a table with the<br />
structure shown in Table 2.<br />
7. The table was exported into a character separated value (CSV) formatted text file<br />
using tabs as field separators.<br />
8. The CSV formatted table was processed by a UNIX script with the following functions:<br />
(a) Input: CSV lexical database file.<br />
(b) Output: L ATEX typesetting markup containing front matter <strong>and</strong> main dictionary<br />
body.<br />
(c) Method: Add front matter; normalise CSV file <strong>and</strong> add markup to columns.<br />
1 Kaufman, Elaine Marlowe (1985). <strong>Ibibio</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong>. Leiden, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s: Cross River State University<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Ibibio</strong> Language Board, Nigeria, in cooperation with African Studies Centre.<br />
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