Word Break

Indicates a word break, marking the exact point where a sequence of signs or a word is interrupted, such as by a line break or a physical fracture in the epigraphic medium. This node solely describes a graphical or positional event and does not imply a linguistic division: the actual separation or categorisation of lexical units is instead managed using the specific notation provided by LexicalUnit.

Syntax

A hyphen -.

Overview

Examples

-

-abc

abc-

ab-c

EpiDoc Outputs

-

<ab>
    <lb break="no"/>
</ab>

-abc

<ab>
    <lb break="no"/>abc</ab>

abc-

<ab>abc<lb break="no"/>
</ab>

ab-c

<ab>ab<lb break="no"/>c</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

-

WordBreak

-abc

WordBreak
Plain("abc")

abc-

Plain("abc")
WordBreak

ab-c

Plain("ab")
WordBreak
Plain("c")