TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hümmer, Christiane
A1  - Stathi, Katerina
T1  - Polysemy and vagueness in idioms
T2  - International journal of lexicography
N2  - This paper presents a corpus-based approach to the meaning of verb phrase idioms and proposes a set of parameters for the systematic description of their meaning in different contexts. It also discusses polysemy and vagueness in relation to idioms and offers criteria for the operationalisation of this distinction.
Y1  - 2006
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/46059
SN  - 0950-3846
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SP  - 361
EP  - 377
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  -