In Linguistics
In linguistics, a simple gloss in running text may be marked by single quotation marks and follow the transcription of a foreign word. For example:
- A Cossack longboat is called a chaika ‘seagull’.
- The moose gains its name from the Algonquian mus or mooz (‘twig eater’).
A longer or more complex transcription requires an interlinear gloss. Such a gloss may be placed between a text and its translation when it is important to understand the structure of the language being glossed, and not just the overall meaning of the passage.
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