[Lexicog] Re: lexical phrase

[Mike Sangrey]

On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 21:30 -0500, Mike Maxwell wrote:
> The reason 'on the one hand' or 'on the other hand' might be
> considered 
> a lexeme is because the meaning (when used as a sentential modifier)
> is 
> non-compositional. 

There's also the pun:  "On the other hand...I have four fingers and a
thumb".  That wouldn't be funny if the phrase were not a lexeme.

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