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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Main Author: Guzmán Naranjo, Matias (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Language Science Press 20190701
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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.
ISBN:zenodo.3191825
9783961101863
Access:Open Access