Description of French Idioms in a lexical database

• Autores: Sara-Anne Leblanc
• Localización: Meaning-Text Theory 2007 [Recurso electrónico]: proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Meaning-Text Theory : Klagenfurt, May 20 - 24, 2007 / Kim Gerdes (ed. lit.), Tilmann Reuther (ed. lit.), Leo Wanner (ed. lit.), 2007, ISBN 978-3-86688-017-7, págs. 239-248
• Idioma: inglés
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  • French expressions like "FRUIT DE MER" 'seafood', "MONTER UN BATEAU" [à qqn] 'to fool someone' and "À PROPOS" [de qqch] 'about something' are idioms. Set phrases like these are considered in Meaning-Text Theory (MTT) as lexical units and are therefore described by an autonomous lexical entry in the dictionary. However, since each phrase consists of more than one word-form, these lexical units display complex behavior which has not yet been rigorously described in the Meaning-Text lexicography. In this paper, we present a MTT treatment of idioms focusing on their presentation in the dictionary, and propose tools for constructing a lexical database of idioms, which can efficiently represent form flexibility and combinatorial particularities of French idioms.