[Lexicog] Theoretical constructs vs. practical reference dictionaries

[Mike Maxwell]

Theoretical constructs vs. practical reference diction
Rich Rhodes (rrhodes at cogsci.berkeley.edu) wrote:
> If you consider what it is you need to know about
> words to use them, that includes for almost all of
> them some degree of reference. Such reference is
> essentially encyclopedic.
> ...
> ...the issue is that there is no principled theoretical
> line to be drawn.

That's a theoretical issue; not all linguists will agree on this, and I'm
not even sure where I stand on this.  But this is a discussion list on
lexicography, and rather than debate it here, I'm going to keep my mouth
shut.

> That doesn't mean that you can't draw a practical line.

Agreed.

    Mike Maxwell
    Linguistic Data Consortium
    maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu



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