[Lexicog] lexical entries as singulars or plurals

[Mike Maxwell]

Wayne Leman wrote:
> I, as I suspect most who do lexical research, have been entering nouns into 
> my database with the singular as the usual default entry. 

The issue of choosing appropriate citation forms is addressed in

    Bartholomew, Doris A., and Schoenhals., Louise C.
    1983. Bilingual dictionaries for indigenous languages.
    Mexico: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

For being over twenty years old, and largely pre-computer, this is a 
very good book...  I believe it is included in the Linguistics Bookshelf 
of the LinguaLinks Library.

BTW, I'm surprised that no one has mentioned English pluralia tantum 
words, like scissors, pants, etc.
-- 
	Mike Maxwell
	Linguistic Data Consortium
	maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu


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