| Abstract |
This paper is about morphology and semantics, and about how their interaction is reflected in the choices made by lexicographers about dictionary entries. The paper discusses run-ons, zero-affix morphology, and the relationship between variant forms and lexical ambiguity. We compare run-on entries with variants that are headwords across different dictionaries. We found high agreement about the variants that were attested as headwords, and low agreement about the variants that were attested as run-ons. Corpus data showed differences between run-ons and headwords as well. We also compared a sample of variants that have an explicit affix with those that do not. We found many similarities with regard to the lexical semantic relationships that are involved. The paper concludes with a discussion of criteria for when derivational variants should be listed in a dictionary, and the opportunity presented by an electronic dictionary to teach a user about morphology and meaning. |
| BibTex |
@inproceedings{euralex_2024_paper_7,
address = {Cavtat},
title = {Morpho-Semantics and Dictionary Entries},isbn = {978-953-7967-77-2},
shorttitle = {Euralex 2024},
url = {},
language = {eng},
booktitle = {Lexicography and Semantics. Proceedings of the XXI EURALEX International Congress},
publisher = {Institut za hrvatski jezik},
author = {Krovetz, Robert},
editor = {Despot, Kristina Š. and Ostroški Anić, Ana and Brač, Ivana},
year = {2024},
pages = {93-109}
} |
