ABSTRACT |
The aim
of this paper is to determine and justify the criteria for classifying
the lexical entries of Nerthus into canonical and non-canonical.
This distinction is motivated by descriptive economy: there is no need
to duplicate the information of predicates that represent phonological
or spelling variants. Conversely, the existence of morphological or
semantic differences between two predicates requires the definition of
two lexical entries. The most relevant among semantic differences is
category. As for morphological differences, affixation and inflectional
morphology justify distinctions between related lexemes. The conclusion
is drawn that the classification of lexemes into canonical and
non-canonical guarantees information retrieval and satisfies descriptive
requirements.
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