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In:Metaphor Identification in Multiple Languages: MIPVU around the world
Edited by Susan Nacey, Aletta G. Dorst, Tina Krennmayr and W. Gudrun Reijnierse
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 22] 2019
► pp. 113–135

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Chapter 6
Linguistic metaphor identification in German

 | , , SwitzerlandBasel University, Switzerland
 | , , NetherlandsLeiden University, Netherlands
 | , , NetherlandsLeiden University, Netherlands
Published online: 28 November 2019
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Article outline
  • 6.1Introduction
  • 6.2Language-specific issues
  • 6.3Operational issues
    • 6.3.1The data
    • 6.3.2Part-of-Speech tagging
    • 6.3.3Lexicographic resources
  • 6.4The guidelines
    • 6.4.1Demarcation of lexical units
      • 6.4.1.1Separable complex verbs (SCVs)
      • 6.4.1.2Polywords
      • 6.4.1.3Establishing lexical boundaries by splitting up orthographic words
    • 6.4.2Non-autonomous sense descriptions
      • 6.4.2.1Nominalizations
      • 6.4.2.2Circular sense descriptions
      • 6.4.2.3Participles
    • 6.4.3Deciding about distinctness of word meanings
      • 6.4.3.1General remarks on Duden’s entry structure
      • 6.4.3.2Uncountable/countable nouns and transitive/intransitive verbs
      • 6.4.3.3Prepositions
  • 6.5Reliability
    • 6.5.1Relation to metaphor
    • 6.5.2Lexical units
  • 6.6Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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