[CWB] Structural attributes as feature sets?

[Stefan Evert]

On 22 Apr 2013, at 17:41, Jose Manuel Martinez Martinez <jmmtra at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just one more question, if I had subjects who don't know any foreign language, should I write...
> 
>     foreign_languages="||"
> 
> I assume, by anology, that should be the way to do it.

The correct format is

	foreign_languages="|"

i.e. a single "|" symbol.

The logic behind the notation is quite simple: "|" stands for an empty set. Each feature you add to the set has another "|" appended to it.

Cheers,
Stefan