NOT groups

When you search Phonetic field data, you can combine search items with the NOT operator to narrow the search by excluding unwanted items.

NOT groups do not use any braces { } or brackets [ ], but can be used in conjunction with them.

Examples

In this case, you are looking for p and b that occur after non-labial phones but before labial phones.

The NOT should be able to apply to a feature structure NOT[[C][+labial][+palatal]] or part of a feature structure [[C]NOT[+labial][+palatal]].

You may want to use parentheses to be more explicit about what the NOT is applying to as in NOT([[C][+labial][+palatal]]) or part of a feature structure [[C]NOT([+labial])[+palatal]].

Related Topics

AND groups

OR groups

Search Patterns overview