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Re: vocab expansion



--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, MorphemeAddict@... wrote:
>
> Rex,
> How do you determine what words need to be added to Ceqli?  Or how have you 
> done it in the past?
> 
> Since I joined this list several weeks ago, I've seen only an ad hoc process 
> of noting that such and such a word was lacking, so you invented it.  Do you 
> have any systematic way of finding missing words?
> 

It's pretty much ad hoc, tho at the beginning I went thru small glossaries, taking advantage 
of other people's systematic approaches:)  Any systematic plans anybody can come up with 
will be appreciated.  And, again, if anybody wants to tackle some word-creation, just post it 
here.  I'll vet it or call for more discussion, and then come up with some dictionary entries.

Another method I used, due to the word-shape rules, was to go thru Urdu, Chinese, 
Japanese, etc. dictionaries, judging whether words that fit the Ceqli phonology should be 
included.  I found a lot of vocabulary that way.