Grammatical Information in Dictionaries: How Categorical should it Be?

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Page 507-511
Author Colin Yallop
Title Grammatical Information in Dictionaries: How Categorical should it Be?
Abstract Dictionaries vary in their presentation of grammatical information but agree in assigning words to discrete grammatical categories, or at least in implying such assignment. But linguists like Halliday and Sinclair have argued that grammar is probabilistic rather than categorical. Corpus evidence shows that it is indeed more realistic to describe typical patterns than to insist on categorisation. Carefully chosen examples can signal typical usage without the need for rigid categorisation.
Session PART 3 - The Dictionary-making Process
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@InProceedings{ELX96_2-015,
	   author = {Colin Yallop},
	   title = {Grammatical Information in Dictionaries: How Categorical should it Be?},
	   pages = {507-511},
	   booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7th EURALEX International Congress},
	   year = {1996},
	   month = {aug},
	   date = {13-18},
	   address = {Göteborg, Sweden},
	   editor = {Martin Gellerstam, Jerker Järborg, Sven-Göran Malmgren, Kerstin Norén, Lena Rogström, Catalina Röjder Papmehl},
	   publisher = {Novum Grafiska AB},
	   isbn = {91-87850-14-1},
	}
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