multi-word lexical units are a typical feature of specialized dictionaries, in particular monolingual and bilingual maritime dictionaries. the paper studies the concept of the multi-word lexical unit and considers the similarities and differences of their selection and presentation in monolingual and bilingual maritime dictionaries. the work analyses such issues as the classification of multi-w...

Multi-word lexical units are a typical feature of specialized dictionaries, in particular monolingual and bilingual maritime dictionaries. The paper studies the concept of the multi-word lexical unit and considers the similarities and differences of their selection and presentation in monolingual and bilingual maritime dictionaries. The work analyses such issues as the classification of multi-w...

The paper is focused on classes of lexical units which arise as a result of derivational processes – word formation and semantic transfers, acting either in isolation or together, on the basis of common semantic foundations that bind targets and sources of derivation. The lexical items which constitute the classes under study vary in their denotative characteristics and due to their categ...

Multi-word units are lexical units that are written as more than one word. They constitute a rather heterogeneous class, whose only unifying feature is that they represent a mismatch between orthographic representation and lexical units. Included in this class are syntactically governed combinations (e.g. correspond with), complex prepositions (e.g. in spite of), collocations (e.g. put into pra...

Traditional language models rely on lexical units that are de ned as entities separated from each other by word boundary markers. Since there are no such boundaries in Thai, alternative de nitions of lexical units have to be pursued. The problem is to nd the optimal set of lexical units that constitutes the vocabulary of the language model and yields the best nal result. The word is a tradition...