In linguistics and pedagogy, an interlinear gloss is a series of brief descriptions or definitions (in one or two words) placed between a line of original text (or its transliteration) and its translation into another language. When glossed, each line of the original text acquires one or more lines of transcription known as an interlinear text or interlinear glossed text (IGT)—interlinear for short. Such glosses help the reader follow the relationship between the source text and its translation, and the structure of the original language. In its simplest form, an interlinear gloss is simply a literal, word-for-word translation of the source text.
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