Why Linked Examples?

When writing about a linguistic rule or cueing mechanics, there may be times when examples could be helpful to your reader. You can simply list your examples. However, with just a bit of code, you can bring your examples to life by linking them to the Cued Speech dictionary. 

For example, imagine if you were writing about diphthongs. You could list words that contain diphthongs (e.g., cowboy, flies, race) and those would be helpful to the reader. However, with a little extra effort, you could create interactive examples (e.g., take, mouse, weigh).

How to Link Your Examples to the CS Dictionary

Here is the code you'll need to link a word to it's dictionary entry:

1. Type two opening curly brackets: {{
2. Enter the spelling for the word as it appears in the CS dictionary (e.g., weigh)
3. Type a pipe which is a stright line on your keyboard: |
4. Enter the pronunciation in IPA (it's easiest to cut and paste this directly from the dictionary).
5. Enter another pipe: |
6. Type the display text. This is exactly what the example will look like on the page. Often it is just the word typed out (e.g., weigh, Weigh). 
7. Type two closing curly brackets: }}

To see a formatted example, click "Edit page" and look at the examples on this page like {{this|ðɪˈs|this}}.  We can force the raw notation to appear by adding an exclamation mark before the double curly brackets (the exclamation mark is removed for display).