Hi list, I would like to enquire about the possibility to use spaces and hyphens as legal characters in a "word". In Afrikaans, certain "words" are written with spaces and/or hyphens. The constituent parts don't necessarily exist on their own. Examples include certain fixed expressions (alma mater), terms borrowed from Latin (ad hoc, a priori), as well as names like "All Black", or "De Klerk". (Many Afrikaans surnames and town names are comprised of different parts which have no separate meaning.)
In some of the cases where hyphens are needed, affix compression might solve a part of the problem. Are hyphens valid characters in a prefix? One of the reasons that these issues is important, has to do with compound word support, and possibly grammar checking (much, much later). To build compounds with "ad hoc", for example, we would need to be able to have it in the word list, but "hoc" is a spelling mistake - no such word exist. Any help or pointers would be appreciated. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
