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There is good sense in this multiplication of entries. Especially
since, as you say, there is plenty of "space", and since instantaneous
and usefully placed links to related entries are feasible with
electronic publication, go for it. (The medium influencing the message,
as usual.) <br>
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However, you won't escape the problem. "Every word" presupposes that
you know when you have a word, and that is precisely the point at issue
(or at least a the point as it applies in one area of endeavor.)
"Word", like "lexeme", etc., is a convenient analytical fiction. E.g.
are "bad" 'not good' and "BAAAD" 'good' two words or not? They differ
in both meaning and sound. But obviously there's something to be said
for taking them as one word with two meanings.<br>
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--David Tuggy <br>
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Andrew Dunbar wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 6/22/06, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:goodtracks@peoplepc.com">goodtracks@peoplepc.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:goodtracks@peoplepc.com"><goodtracks@peoplepc.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">If it were an entry for the dictionary I was making, I would select one
entry of preference for the full entry, and then have the others listed with
followed by a "See: "MAIN ENTRY".
jimm
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Wiktionary has a "policy" of making a full entry for every
word. Chiefly to sidestep foreseen issues with whether
American or British spellings ought to be primary, but also
because we have plenty of space. Another reason is
because with open contribution there can be cases where
people push their favourite pet words. Yet another is that
we know none of us are trained linguists who don't really
have the expertise to choose the primary form, especially
when different print dictionaries choose different forms.
So it makes more sense to treat every synonym and
spelling as its own entity.
That said, I put "policy" in quotes becuase not everybody
agrees all the time and none of our policies are really fully
developed yet.
Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail)
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To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com"><lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com></a>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: [Lexicog] Spelling variants vs. synonyms
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<pre wrap="">Most dictionaries treat spelling variants differently to synonyms.
Spelling variants
are often included in the headword, the OED has a special Spellings
section.
Synonyms may have a cross-reference to a more common word rather than a
full
definition.
Sometimes it turns out to be difficult to know where to draw the line. I
am a
contributor to the English Wiktionary and I'm currently travelling through
Central America, collecting unusual Spanish words as I go. I'm
particularly
interested in foods and regionalisms.
One word I've come across is a fruit called "pejibaye" which I saw in
Costa
Rica. I also saw it often in Panama but without a sign. When I bought a
dictionary of Panamanianisms I found not this word but another entry,
"pifa",
says it is also known as "pisbao", "pixbae", "pejibayo", and "corolo". The
RAE
contains only "pejibaye" and "pijibay".
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/pejibaye.html">http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/pejibaye.html</a> lists a lot more.
It seems clear that these should be considered spelling variants:
pejibaye, pijibay, pejibayo
And equally clear that these should be considered synonyms:
pifa, corolo
But these could go either way:
pisbao, pixbae
My question is this: what do you guys, the real lexicographers, do when
you
come across a situation like this?
Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail)
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