Corpus-based Studies of German Idioms and Light Verbs

Authors: Fellbaum, Christiane; Geyken, Alexander; Herold, Axel; Koerner, Fabian; Neumann, Gerald

Source: International Journal of Lexicography, Volume 19, Number 4, December 2006 , pp. 349-360(12)

Abstract:

We discuss the motivation as well as the design and development of a large lexical resource focusing on German verb phrase idioms and light verbs. Entries for a given phrasal unit permit detailed linguistic analyses coupled with the appropriate corpus data.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1093/ijl/ecl031

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http://www.ingentaconnect.com/oup/lexico/2006/00000019/00000004/art00349
http://openurl.ingenta.com/content?genre=article&issn=0950-3846&volume=19&issue=4&spage=349&epage=360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecl031