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Natural language corpus semantics: the Free Choice controversy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2004

Kjell Johan Sæbø
Kjell Johan Sæbø
Affiliation:
University of Oslo, Germanistisk institutt, Postboks 1004, N-0315 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: k.j.sabo@german.uio.no
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Abstract

This paper addresses the methodological issue of what data can safely be disregarded in the quest for a good analysis of a given semantic phenomenon. I argue that as there is no objective measure for this, making the temptation to adjust the terrain to the map hard to resist, it is strongly advisable to make use of text corpora in formal semantic research. I illustrate this argument by considering in some detail the recent history of research on Free Choice items.

Keywords

Comparative semanticscorpus linguisticsFree Choice items
Type
Research Article
Information
Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , December 2004 , pp. 197 - 218
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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