Dictionary Item

A Dictionary Item is a lexical item description with syntactic role.

• Context:
  • It must contain a Dictionary Item Headword, e.g. “¹alone …adj”, or “content … pred. adjective & noun³"
  • It must contain a Dictionary Item Definition, e.g. "... 5 A small enclosed receptable for money. Chiefly in piggy bank S.V. PIGGY noun M20. 6 A reserve of something (e.g. blood, data) stored for future use; a place holding this. M20. I. Asimov The time would come when unfretilised ova could be stored in banks at ..."
  • It must contain one or more Part of Speech Roles.
  • It can (typically) be a member of a Lexical Dictionary.
  • It can range from being a Dictionary Entry to being a Dictionary Record.
  • It can have an Etymology/Etymology Description/Etymological Word Record.
  • It can have a Pronunciation/Pronunciation Description.
  • It can describe Word Morphology.
  • It can describe Syntactic usage Guidelines.
  • It can describe Semantic usage Guidelines.
  • It can contain Example Linguistic Expressions.
  • It can be created by a Definer.
  • It can be in a Homonym Relation with another Dictionary Entry (Homograph or Homophone).
  • It can be associated to:
    • one Surface Word Records.
    • one Base Word Records.
    • one Word Lemma Record.
  • It can address Connotations (such as political incorrectness).
• Example(s):
  • a Dictionary Entry, such as for “headword” in an Oxford Dictionary.
  • a Dictionary Record.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Glossary Item.
  • a Thesaurus Word Record, such as http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/wolf
  • an Encyclopedic Article, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference
  • a Definitional Search, such as http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Awolf
• See: Encyclopedia Item.

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