dark matter matters (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I should have said that that it would be useful if it were done well,
using accurate datasets, and other presumed standards of scholarship.

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