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* Naturally occurring examples are given preference to created examples. | * Naturally occurring examples are given preference to created examples. | ||
* Examples are marked as to whether they are created or natural. | * Examples are marked as to whether they are created or natural. | ||
* Basis of the classification: [[Parseme_References|Sag et al. 2002]] and [[Parseme_References|Baldwin and Kim 2010]]: | |||
** Fixed MWEs: no flexibility allowed whatsoever. | |||
** Semi-fixed MWEs: only meaningless, obligatory variation allowed. | |||
** Flexible MWEs: variation allowed that indicates that part of the MWE should be assigned meaning. | |||
* For each MWE, for each constituent inside this MWE: apply tests for its degree of flexibility | |||
* Criteria to determine the size of a MWE: | |||
** lexically obligatory material is included | |||
** for predicative MWEs: if compatible with all/most predicative constructions (including verbless constructions such as small clauses, absolute ''with''-construction, ...), then no verb is included, but the MWE is marked for predicativeness | |||
** for negative polarity-MWEs: if the negation in not part of the MWE as a fixed lexical element, the negative marker is not lexically included in the MWE, but its NPI-hood is marked (ideally as strong or weak) | |||
** for cases where a the variation is less abstract but nonetheless covers all elements of a lexical semantic class, this class should be named together with its most salient representatives (''keep/start/get/have/set/... the ball rolling'', [[Parseme_References|Nunberg et al. 1994]], p. 504). | |||
** for cases where the variation is restricted to a small arbitrary number of lexical items, these should be listed (''lose one's mind/marbles'', ''drop a bomb/bombshell/brick'', [[Parseme_References|Nunberg et al. 1994]], p. 504). | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:18, 5 March 2014
General Principles
- Naturally occurring examples are given preference to created examples.
- Examples are marked as to whether they are created or natural.
- Basis of the classification: Sag et al. 2002 and Baldwin and Kim 2010:
- Fixed MWEs: no flexibility allowed whatsoever.
- Semi-fixed MWEs: only meaningless, obligatory variation allowed.
- Flexible MWEs: variation allowed that indicates that part of the MWE should be assigned meaning.
- For each MWE, for each constituent inside this MWE: apply tests for its degree of flexibility
- Criteria to determine the size of a MWE:
- lexically obligatory material is included
- for predicative MWEs: if compatible with all/most predicative constructions (including verbless constructions such as small clauses, absolute with-construction, ...), then no verb is included, but the MWE is marked for predicativeness
- for negative polarity-MWEs: if the negation in not part of the MWE as a fixed lexical element, the negative marker is not lexically included in the MWE, but its NPI-hood is marked (ideally as strong or weak)
- for cases where a the variation is less abstract but nonetheless covers all elements of a lexical semantic class, this class should be named together with its most salient representatives (keep/start/get/have/set/... the ball rolling, Nunberg et al. 1994, p. 504).
- for cases where the variation is restricted to a small arbitrary number of lexical items, these should be listed (lose one's mind/marbles, drop a bomb/bombshell/brick, Nunberg et al. 1994, p. 504).
Back to the WG1 page.