{"id":579,"date":"2016-07-01T19:34:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T19:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/?page_id=579"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:37:47","slug":"new-entry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/features\/orientation-to-fieldworks\/lexicon\/new-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"New Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the field linguist\u2019s most frequent tasks is entering new entries into the lexical database. Accordingly, Language Explorer features a special dialog box designed to rapidly add lexemes, while providing special help for entering affixes.<\/p>\n<h2>Demo Movies<\/h2>\n<div class=\"videoWrapper\"><div class=\"vimeo-wrapper\"><div class=\"responsive-vimeo-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"12 - Add a lexical entry in FieldWorks\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/111522254?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>Create Entry:<\/b> How to create an entry<\/p>\n<div class=\"videoWrapper\"><div class=\"vimeo-wrapper\"><div class=\"responsive-vimeo-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"13 - Find a lexical entry in FieldWorks\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/111522253?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>Find Entry:<\/b> How to find an entry<\/p>\n<h2>Screenshots<\/h2>\n<p>In the screenshot, we are entering a stem. Note the following:<\/p>\n<p>&lt;<\/p>\n<p>ul><\/p>\n<li>By default, the grammatical category is labeled . Just because we have a field for grammatical category, we don\u2019t want the user to feel like they have to fill it in if they don\u2019t know enough yet.<\/li>\n<li>If you need a grammatical category that is not currently in your inventory of categories, you can choose \u201cmore\u2026\u201d to bring up a catalog of grammatical categories based on the <a href=\"http:\/\/emeld.org\/tools\/ontology.cfm\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOLD ontology<\/a>. (See <a href=\"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/resources\/tutorial\/grammar\/categories\/\">categories<\/a> for more information on grammatical categories in Language Explorer.)\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/10\/Lexicon_NewEntryStem_large.gif\" rel=\"lightbox\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/10\/Lexicon_NewEntryStem_400.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Lexicon Edit view\" title=\"Click to view larger image\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>&lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/features\/orientation-to-fieldworks\/lexicon\/new-entry\/&#8221;&#8221; title=&#8221;&#8221;><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the bottom of the dialog, the \u201cSimilar Entries\u201d area shows lexical entries which match the Lexeme Form or gloss in some field. This is designed to help avoid adding the same entry multiple times by mistake. Clicking \u201cGo to similar entry\u201d closes the New Entry dialog box and displays the \u201csimilar\u201d entry for editing.<\/p>\n<p>In the following screenshot, we are entering a derivational affix.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/10\/Lexicon_NewEntryDeriv_Large.gif\" rel=\"lightbox\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/10\/Lexicon_NewEntryDeriv_400.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Lexicon Edit view\" title=\"Click to view larger image\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>&lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/features\/orientation-to-fieldworks\/lexicon\/new-entry\/&#8221;&#8221; title=&#8221;&#8221;><\/p>\n<p>In this screenshot, we are entering an inflectional affix.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/10\/Lexicon_NewEntryInflection_Large.gif\" rel=\"lightbox\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/10\/Lexicon_NewEntryInflection_400.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Lexicon Edit view\" title=\"Click to view larger image\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>&lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/features\/orientation-to-fieldworks\/lexicon\/new-entry\/&#8221;&#8221; title=&#8221;&#8221;><\/p>\n<p>If we click on the \u201cAssistant\u201d button (see above), Language Explorer brings up a special tool designed to help you gloss the inflectional affix (see below). This also automatically makes appropriate additions to the inflection features of the project and the new entry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/10\/Lexicon_NewEntryMGA_large.gif\" rel=\"lightbox\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/10\/Lexicon_NewEntryMGA_400.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Lexicon Edit view\" title=\"Click to view larger image\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>&lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/features\/orientation-to-fieldworks\/lexicon\/new-entry\/&#8221;&#8221; title=&#8221;&#8221;><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the field linguist\u2019s most frequent tasks is entering new entries into the lexical database. Accordingly, Language Explorer features a special dialog box designed to rapidly add lexemes, while providing special help for entering affixes. 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