gb4elinguexlinguistics
I want to have an unnumbered and unindented linguistic example with glossing and free translation. In other words, I want what \exg. produces in linguex, but without the numbering and the indentation; or what \sn produces in gb4e, but without the identation.
I wonder what would be the cleanest way to achieve this. Any help is appreciated.
If you use Alexis Dimitriadis' version of cgloss4e available here as cgloss.sty you can put language information right aligned with the first line of the example. This is IMO a very nice way to format such information, and quite common in the field.
It is not possible with this solution to put right aligned materials on the same line as the gloss itself, but it is possible (if needed) to put material on the \glt line.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{gb4e}
\usepackage{cgloss}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[2]
\begin{exe}
\ex \gll J\'anos h\'aza\\
John house.his\\ \hfill Hungarian (Finno-Ugric, \emph{reference})
\glt `John's house'
\end{exe}
\lipsum[3]
\end{document}
linguexAnother popular package for formatting linguistic examples is the linguex package. Since linguex also uses cgloss4e, the solution given above will also work. Here's the same example using the linguex commands. The order of loading the packages matters: cgloss must be loaded after linguex is loaded.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{linguex}
\usepackage{cgloss}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[2]
\exg.
J\'anos h\'aza\\
John house.his\\ \hfill Hungarian (Finno-Ugric, \emph{reference})
\glt `John's house'
\lipsum[3]
\end{document}
The cgloss4e package (which is loaded by both gb4e and linguex to format glossed examples) provides very little customization options for the gloss spacing. If you only have a relatively small set of examples which will need extra formatting, it's possible to do it by splitting up the examples manually. It's not an ideal solution, but it is usable on an occasional basis. Here's an example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{gb4e}
\usepackage{setspace}
\begin{document}
\begin{exe}
\ex[*]{ \gll {a delak } {a uleker} er ngak el kmo ng-ngerai {a sensei} {a milskak}\\
mother-my asked P me L Comp CL-what teacher gave \\}
\sn[]{\gll {a buk} me {a Toki} {a ulterur} \emph{e}_{i} er ngak \\
book and Toki sold {} P me\\
\trans `My mother asked me what the teacher gave me a book and Toki sold me`}
\end{exe}
\end{document}
Here I've split the example into two parts and used the \sn macro (which is a numberless version of \ex to introduce the second line.
If you routinely work with complex glossed examples, then you may want to consider switching to the very powerful ExPex package. It provides extensive methods for formatting glossed examples (and examples generally) and is highly customizable. Here is the same example glossed using this package.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{expex}
\begin{document}
\lingset{glhangindent=2em} % adjust as necessary
An example with a hanging indent for subsequent gloss lines (default).
\ex
\begingl
\gla{a delak } {a uleker} er ngak el kmo ng-ngerai {a sensei} {a milskak} {a buk} me {a Toki} {a ulterur} \emph{e}$_{i}$ er ngak //
\glb mother-my asked P me L Comp CL-what teacher gave book and Toki sold {} P me //
\glft `My mother asked me what the teacher gave me a book and Toki sold me`//
\endgl
\xe
An example with an explicit break (signified in the first line by ``+'')
\ex
\begingl
\gla{a delak } {a uleker} er ngak el kmo ng-ngerai {a sensei} + {a milskak} {a buk} me {a Toki} {a ulterur} \emph{e}$_{i}$ er ngak //
\glb mother-my asked P me L Comp CL-what teacher gave book and Toki sold {} P me //
\glft `My mother asked me what the teacher gave me a book and Toki sold me`//
\endgl
\xe
\end{document}
In the first example I've used the regular hanging indent to separate subsequent lines of the glosses. In the second example, I've marked an explicit break in the example itself (the gloss then lines up automatically based on that break.)
Best Answer
The
expexpackage provides an environment designed for exactly this purpose. Numbered examples are introduced by\ex, but if you use\exdisplayinstead, there will be no number and no indent: