expex is a package for formatting linguistic examples.
expex is a package available on CTAN which helps with formatting linguistic examples and glosses.
Related packages are:
For discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of all three packages, see
Questions tagged [expex]
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Prevent page break after a subsection
Although page breaks are typically not allowed after \subsection commands, I am running into one with the ExPex package. If anyone knows that package specifically, a specific question would be welcome. I'm also interested in any more general…
adam.baker
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How to force page margin using expex?
I use expex package to create bilingual book. On some pages (usually even) layouts breaks. There is not enough margin on right side. The question is why?
I am going to post some long example with demo to illustrate the problem.…
Mateusz Nowak
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Horizontal curly braces in ExPex glossing example
This code, with line 52 not commented out, but line 53 commented out:
\documentclass{report}
% 07Examples.txt - New Early Babbish Gramamr
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{expex}
\usepackage{keyval} …
GarySK
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expex "everylabel=\actualexno" causes error in later references
I am having problems with numbers of examples. When I refer to the example (by its label) before it actually occurs, the number is correct. But referencing it after it has been defined gives a wrong number.
It happens only when I use the…
Ansa211
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Why does a \newcommand-defined gloss mess up the alignment in expex?
I am using the expex package to give a word-by-word translation in English of examples from foreign languages. Because word-by-word translations can be sometimes quite long and abstract, it is conventional in linguistics to use a set of agreed-upon…
mountainlinguist
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How to indent lines of an expex gloss?
I am typesetting a linguistics article that uses a discourse transcription system with 3 line interlinear glosses in addition to line numbering and speaker name. That is the easy part. The part that I'm having trouble with is the system requires…
Brad
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