Phonetic Sort Options

In all word lists, you can sort the Phonetic column in different ways.

In Search result word lists, you can also specify whether the search item, preceding environment, or following environment is sorted first, second, or third.

1. Do one of the following:

   • Right-click the Phonetic column heading of the word list.

   • Click Phonetic Sort Options at the far right of the Data Corpus toolbar, Search toolbar, or Distribution Charts toolbar.

   A drop-down box appears.

2. Click one of the following:

   • Place or Backness: Sort based on columns of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) charts. For vowels, sort by tongue position from front to back.

     Within each column, the order is from the upper row to the lower row.

   • Manner or Height: Sort based on rows of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) charts. For vowels, sort by tongue position from close to open.

     Within each row, the order is from the left column to the right column.

3. In Search view or Distribution Charts view, you can do any of the following:

   • At the right of Preceding, click under one of the following: 1st, 2nd, or 3rd (that is, the preceding environment is sorted first, second, or third).

   • At the right of Item, click under one of the following: 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.

   • At the right of Following, click under one of the following: 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.

   • To sort a part of the search results (for example, the preceding environment) from right-to-left, select the check box under R/L.

4. To close the box, do one of the following:

   • Click outside the box.

   • Move the mouse pointer outside the box for a few seconds.

Note

• You can change default sort options on the Sorting tab of the Options dialog box.

Related Topics

Sorting Word Lists