[Lexicog] unlex-entries

[Susan Gehr]

On 5/18/05 5:17 AM, "Mike Maxwell" <maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu> wrote:

> At issue is sentences like
>  They had only just moved in; their boxes lay on the
>  kitchen floor, still unpacked.
> where 'unpacked' is apparently used to mean 'packed'.  The question is
> whether this is a mistake, or a legitimate (whatever that means) usage.
> To put it in terms more relevant to this list, would you put this
> sense in your dictionary?  Or is it ungood?

First impression: It's a legitimate usage. I would say 'still unpacked'
rather than 'still packed' because the boxes were packed in the old house,
but what I need to do with the boxes in the new house is unpack them.

On the other hand, the un- in unpacked does not generate a meaning that
isn't transparent from a parsing of 'unpacked' so I might not add it to the
dictionary.


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Susan Gehr
Karuk Language Program Director
Karuk Tribe of California
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