What is a Dictionary? A View from Chomskyan Linguistics

Hacken, Pius ten

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“…However, Chomsky's (1965) distinction between competence and performance does not leave any room for an empirical object corresponding to named languages such as English. As explained in ten Hacken (2007: 274–81), Chomsky only discovered this consequence in the course of the 1970s. The fact that English is not an empirical object does not mean that we can no longer say, for instance, that this review is written in English.…”

Section: Corpora and The Nature Of Englishmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…This is not due to any flaws in the dictionary, but because there is no empirical entity corresponding to the English language . Instead, in accordance with the analysis in ten Hacken (2009), I propose to reinterpret dictionaries as tools. Speakers can use the information in the dictionary to support their competence in solving certain problems relating to language.…”

Section: Corpora and The Nature Of Englishmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Laurie Bauer, Rochelle Lieber & Ingo Plag The Oxford reference guide to English morphology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. 704. ISBN 978-0-19-957926-6.

Hacken¹

2014

English Language and Linguistics

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Section: Corpora and The Nature Of Englishmentioning

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Section: Corpora and The Nature Of Englishmentioning

confidence: 97%

Laurie Bauer, Rochelle Lieber & Ingo Plag The Oxford reference guide to English morphology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. 704. ISBN 978-0-19-957926-6.

Hacken¹

2014

English Language and Linguistics

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“…As shown by ten Hacken (2007), the original reason for introducing the distinction between competence and performance was rather to create a basis for a mentalist theory of language than to exclude corpora as a source of data. A side effect is that the status of named languages becomes a problem, as Chomsky (1980: 217) recognized.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They can be thought of as fairly complete and at least representative of the vocabulary of the langue of many speakers. Although ten Hacken (2009) argues that dictionaries cannot be a description of the language, the selection of entries is based on a well-considered methodology.…”

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The Use of Corpora in Word Formation Research

Hacken¹,

Panocová²

2013

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Ce document a été généré automatiquement le 1 mai 2019. Corela-cognition, représentation, langage est mis à disposition selon les termes de la licence Creative Commons Attribution-Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale-Partage dans les Mêmes Conditions 4.0 International. The Use of Corpora in Word Formation Research Pius ten Hacken et Renáta Panocová The study of word formation is concerned with the rule-based extension of the lexicon. The position of corpora in this research depends on the assumptions made about the nature of the lexicon and the position of word formation in the general organization of language. The use of corpora is particularly relevant in the study of productivity, which is arguably a (if not the) central aspect of word formation research.

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“…Such observations are not restricted to the domain of grammar. On the basis of similar arguments, it is argued in [19] that dictionary making is an applied rather than empirical science. It is concerned with providing the information about words that dictionary users want to find in their dictionary.…”

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Creating Legal Terms: A Linguistic Perspective

Hacken

2010

Int J Semiot Law

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Legal terms have a special status at the interface between language and law. Adopting the general framework developed by Jackendoff and the concepts competence and performance as developed by Chomsky, it is shown that legal terms cannot be fully accounted for unless we set up a category of abstract objects. This idea corresponds largely to the classical view of terminology, which has been confronted with some challenges recently. It is shown that for legal terms, arguments against abstract objects are not pertinent. As abstract objects are not natural, it is important to consider their creation. Two types of creation are distinguished and illustrated, one for new concepts and one for terms corresponding to existing general language concepts. In the latter case, it is important for the abstract object to remain close enough to the intuitive prototype. At the same time, legal terms as abstract objects are shown to have a natural place in relation to legal theory.

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What is a Dictionary? A View from Chomskyan Linguistics

Cited by 13 publications

References 4 publications

Laurie Bauer, Rochelle Lieber & Ingo Plag The Oxford reference guide to English morphology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. 704. ISBN 978-0-19-957926-6.

Laurie Bauer, Rochelle Lieber & Ingo Plag The Oxford reference guide to English morphology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. 704. ISBN 978-0-19-957926-6.

The Use of Corpora in Word Formation Research

Creating Legal Terms: A Linguistic Perspective

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