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Things to Remember
AI will default to smart skimming unless you cue it to do deep linguistic analysis.
To extract and organize parts of speech from a text
Prompt:
Please extract all unique words from the story Chwinqlal toj mlaj. For each word, provide the following information:
- The Mam word
- Its part of speech
- Spanish translation
- English translation
- IPA transcription
Organize the results into a grouped vocabulary list in bulleted format, where:
- Words are grouped by part of speech (e.g., Nouns, Verbs, Pronouns, etc.)
- Within each group, words are listed in alphabetical order
If any forms are ambiguous or unknown, clearly mark them.
If any information is inferred or guessed, also label it clearly.
Determine if a passage is written in the Todos Santos Mam
Prompt:
Please perform a deep linguistic analysis of the following Mam text. I want to determine whether it is Todos Santos Mam, using the Canger grammar as the primary reference and Ttxoom Qyooli Mmn as a secondary cross-check.
Please provide:
- Line-by-line gloss
- Morphological and syntactic breakdown
- Dialect match/mismatch notes for each clause
- A final classification verdict with supporting evidence
If any forms conflict with known Todos Santos grammar, flag them clearly. Truth Mode ON.
Analyze a document with high accuracy and deep processing
Prompt:
Read this whole document carefully, especially the introduction and methodology.
(This tells the AI to simulate a human-style full readthrough, not just skim for keywords.)
Look for a particular dialect
Prompt:
Read this whole document carefully, especially the introduction and methodology. Tell me what dialect this is and what clues you used.
(The AI will gather all internal evidence and also say what isn’t there.)
Determine the purpose or type of document
Prompt:
What kind of resource is this? Grammar? Dictionary? Textbook? Explain why.
Joanna Hofer 