Analogical classification in formal grammar
The organization of the lexicon, and especially the relations between groups of lexemes is a strongly debated topic in linguistics. Some authors have insisted on the lack of any structure of the lexicon. In this vein, Di Sciullo & Williams (1987: 3) claim that "[t]he lexicon is like a priso...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Language Science Press
2019
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| Series: | Empirically Oriented Theoretical Morphology and Syntax
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| Summary: | The organization of the lexicon, and especially the relations between groups of lexemes is a strongly debated topic in linguistics. Some authors have insisted on the lack of any structure of the lexicon. In this vein, Di Sciullo & Williams (1987: 3) claim that "[t]he lexicon is like a prison - it contains only the lawless, and the only thing that its inmates have in commonis lawlessness". In the alternative view, the lexicon is assumed to have a rich structure that captures all regularities and partial regularities that exist between lexical entries.Two very different schools of linguistics have insisted on the organization of the lexicon. |
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| ISBN: | zenodo.3191825 9783961101863 |
| Access: | Open Access |