Defining language : a local grammar of definition sentences

Defining language : a local grammar of definition sentences / Geoff Barnbrook.

Definition is a basic activity of language, of particular importance to linguists because of its use of language to describe itself. Beyond this inherent significance as a crucial element of language study, definitions also provide a rich potential source of the information needed for Natural Langua...

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Main Author: Barnbrook, Geoff
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2002.
Series:Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 11.
Subjects:
Lexicography > Data processing.
English language > Lexicography > Data processing.
English language > Lexicography.
definition.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY.
REFERENCE.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Vocabulary.
English language > Lexicography
English language > Lexicography > Data processing
Lexicography > Data processing
Definiëring.
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Table of Contents:
  • De.ning Language; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication page; Acknowledgements; Brief description; Contents; Chapter 1 Language, deWnitions and dictionaries; Chapter 2 Monolingual English dictionaries; Chapter 3 Grammars, parsers, sublanguages and local grammars; Chapter 4 Methodology; Chapter 5 The definition type taxonomy; Chapter 6 The definition language grammar and its parser; Chapter 7 Evaluation and applications; Appendix; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Bibliography; Definitions index; Names index; Terms index; The series STUDIES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS (SCL).

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