dark matter matters (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

If you don't rely on the scans and dates of Google Books.

JL

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> But even if a dictionary isn't designed to "reflect the lexicon",
> studying how well it does so may still be a useful thing.
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> > "To gauge how well dictionaries reflect the lexicon,."
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> > This suggests to me that the traditional scope and purpose (also
> adequacy)
> > of general dictionaries is being challenged by computer people who may
> be
> > totally unfamiliar with lexicography as the craft is practiced. I
> rather
> > doubt they have even read the preface to even a respectable college
> > dictionary let alone the OED.  I may very well be wrong and will stand
> > corrected humbly if I am.
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