Nestle 1904 GNT - Feature: ln

Feature group	Feature type	Data type	Available for node types	Used by viewtypes
`Semantic`	`Node`	`String`	`word` `subphrase` `phrase`	`syntax-view` `wg-view`

Feature description

The ln feature represents the Louw-Nida lexical classification of the semantic domain. This classification helps organize New Testament Greek vocabulary into meaningful categories based on context and meaning.

This feature is also populated for phrase or subphrase, but only if they consist of just one word node.

Feature values:

Value	Description	Frequency¹
xx.yy	One or more entries for the Louw-Nida references	126756
<empty>	Data not provided	11023

¹ Frequency figures are listed for word nodes only.

Interpreting the data

The Louw-Nida Lexical Classification, developed by Johannes P. Louw and Eugene A. Nida, categorizes New Testament Greek vocabulary into 93 semantic domains based on meaning and context. This system emphasizes the importance of context in understanding word nuances. Lookup of values for the ln feature can be performed in the Louw-Nida Lexicon.

Using the Louw-Nida feature in Text-Fabric queries

Given that the Louw-Nida feature may contain multiple classifications, using a regular expression rather than a simple comparison is sensible. However, this approach requires caution; merely replacing = with ~ will yield all wanted matches but may also introduce unintended ones. To filter out these unwanted results, the following template can be used, illustrated here with the example classification 49.5.

# The preceding 'r' before the template allows for a raw strings, preventing Python from altering the regex.
findLouwNida =r'''
phrase
    word ln~\b49[.]5\b
'''
louwNidaResults=A.search(findLouwNida)

Notes

See also related feature domain (Lexical Domain).

Source description

This feature is derived from the XML attribute domain of the tag w (word). The word sense data for this feature was compiled by the United Bible Societies MARBLE project. See Macula-Greek Licence.

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