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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>a) Surely any multi-word item involving at least one polysemous element would be a candidate?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>e.g. civil service [service = an act or an organization]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>b) Or indeed, any pair of words, as they have the potential to engage in a variety of case relationships?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>e.g. walking stick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>c) Then there’s the problem of segmentation/sequence, i.e. “(a+b) + c” or “a + (b+c)”?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>e.g. hot water tap<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ramesh Krishnamurthy<br>Lecturer in English Studies, School of Languages and Social Sciences,<br>Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK<br>Tel: +44 (0)121-204-3812 ; Fax: +44 (0)121-204-3766 [Room NX08, 10th<br>Floor, North Wing of Main Building]<br><a href="http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff/krishnamurthyr/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www1.aston.ac.uk/lss/staff/krishnamurthyr/</span></a><br>Director, ACORN (Aston Corpus Network project): <a href="http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/"><span style='color:blue'>http://acorn.aston.ac.uk/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Message: 6<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:43:45 +0000<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>From: Justin Washtell <<a href="mailto:lec3jrw@leeds.ac.uk">lec3jrw@leeds.ac.uk</a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Subject: Re: [Corpora-List] Moving Lexical Semantics from Alchemy to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Science<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To: David Wible <<a href="mailto:wible@stringnet.org">wible@stringnet.org</a>>, John Williams<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <<a href="mailto:j0hnwh0ever.corpora@gmail.com">j0hnwh0ever.corpora@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Cc: "<a href="mailto:Corpora@uib.no">Corpora@uib.no</a>" <<a href="mailto:Corpora@uib.no">Corpora@uib.no</a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ancient history teachers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Or, a little tenuously, comprehensive ancient history teachers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Justin Washtell<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>University of Leeds<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>From: <a href="mailto:corpora-bounces@uib.no">corpora-bounces@uib.no</a> [corpora-bounces@uib.no] On Behalf Of David Wible [wible@stringnet.org]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Sent: 28 January 2011 09:17<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To: John Williams<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Cc: <a href="mailto:Corpora@uib.no">Corpora@uib.no</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Subject: Re: [Corpora-List] Moving Lexical Semantics from Alchemy to Science<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>How about 'heavy metal fans'?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>David<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 7:57 PM, John Williams <<a href="mailto:j0hnwh0ever.corpora@gmail.com%3cmailto:j0hnwh0ever.corpora@gmail.com">j0hnwh0ever.corpora@gmail.com<mailto:j0hnwh0ever.corpora@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>... P.S. Anyone have some other ambiguous open compounds they are familiar with, besides 'solar system'?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>'golf club' springs to mind<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>j0hn<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>John Williams<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>School of Languages and Area Studies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>PK 2.18, University of Portsmouth<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Portsmouth PO1 2DZ<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Tel: (0239 284) 2162<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Email: <a href="mailto:john.x.williams@port.ac.uk%3cmailto:john.x.williams@port.ac.uk">john.x.williams@port.ac.uk<mailto:john.x.williams@port.ac.uk</a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>