Untangling Multiword Expressions, A study on the representation and variation of Dutch multiword expressions.

The central topic of this dissertation is the phenomenon Multiword Expressions. In this dissertation, Multiword Expressions (MWEs) are defined as combinations of words that have linguistic properties not predictable from the individual components or the normal way they are combined. MWEs are studied from multiple perspectives. The first part of this study describes the design, implementation and population of DuELME, a Dutch Electronic Lexicon of Multiword Expressions. DuELME has been created out of a need for a large number of lexical descriptions of Dutch MWEs organized in such a way that th... Mehr ...