Suspended Abbreviation

A multi-part abbreviation consisting of a series of legible portions on the support (suspensions) each followed by its respective editorial expansion within parentheses.

Syntax

One or more sequences of Abbreviated Text followed by their respective Expansion Components.

In the case of suspended abbreviations, the LexicalUnit notation using ampersands &...& is the only way to explicitly indicate that the sequence of abbreviations constitutes a single lexical unit (e.g., &q(uin)q(uennalis)&).

Overview

NotationSimplified ASTPaper Output
…⊙(⊙)…Abbrev(Segmented(…, Written([⊙]), Expanded([⊙])), …, Complete))…⊙(⊙)…
  • ⊙ ∈ ABBREV_TEXT_ALLOWED = any phenomena allowed within Abbrev (notation, AST or rendering depending on its placement).
  • ⊙ ∈ EXPANS_CONTENT_ALLOWED = any phenomena allowed within Abbrev (notation, AST or rendering depending on its placement).

Examples

NotationPaper Output
 
proco(n)s(ul)
proconsul

EpiDoc Outputs

NotationEpiDoc (XML)
 
proco(n)s(ul)
<ab>
    <expan><abbr>proco</abbr><ex>n</ex><abbr>s</abbr><ex>ul</ex>
    </expan>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

NotationAST
 
proco(n)s(ul)
Abbreviation[complete]
  Written
    Plain("proco")
  Expanded(certain)
    Plain("n")
  Written
    Plain("s")
  Expanded(certain)
    Plain("ul")