A proposed standard for the lexical representation of idioms

By November 17, 2016,
Page 153-164
Author Jan Odijk
Title A proposed standard for the lexical representation of idioms
Abstract In this paper I first explain briefly the properties of one type of MuIti-Word Expression (MWE), viz., flexible idioms, and how they are dealt with in the Rosetta machine translation system. Taking this as a starting point and generalizing beyond it, I argue that a standardized lexical representation for flexible idioms is not so straightforward. Nevertheless, I make a very concrete proposal for an actual standard for flexible idioms that is highly theory-neutral, and I show how it allows one to achieve a significant reduction of effort in reusing lexical entries for idioms.
Session Computational Lexicography and Lexicology
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BibTex 
@InProceedings{ELX04-016,
	   author = {Jan Odijk},
	   title = {A proposed standard for the lexical representation of idioms },
	   pages = {153-164},
	   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th EURALEX International Congress},
	   year = {2004},
	   month = {july},
	   date = {6-10},
	   address = {Lorient, France},
	   editor = {Geoffrey Williams and Sandra Vessier},
	   publisher = {UniversiteĢ de Bretagne-Sud, FaculteĢ des lettres et des sciences humaines},
	   isbn = {29-52245-70-3},
	}
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