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The Third Leg of Two-legged Lexicography

open access: yes, 2017
This article argues that the essence of lexicography is its capacity to satisfy the potential users’ punctual information needs in contrast to their global information needs.
S. Tarp
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Anselm's Temporal‐Ontological Proof

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In his Reply to Gaunilo, Anselm presented two additional arguments for the existence of God beyond those that appear in the Proslogion. In “The Logical Structure of Anselm's Argument,” Robert M. Adams isolates each. One, he develops into a modal ontological argument along the lines of other 20th century ontological arguments (e.g., those of ...
Daniel Rubio
wiley   +1 more source

Word sketch lexicography: new perspectives on lexicographic studies of Chinese near synonyms

open access: yes, 2017
Comparative study of near synonyms is one of the most productive research paradigms in Chinese lexicography. Empirical studies to discriminate near synonyms are either introspection-based or corpus-based.
Shan Wang, Chu-Ren Huang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Are Choices Binary?

open access: yesPhilosophical Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is a natural view of the relationship between preference and choice: an option is choiceworthy if and only if no alternative is strictly preferred to it. I argue against this view on two grounds. First, it makes false predictions about which options are choiceworthy in games and in multidimensional choice settings.
Brian Weatherson
wiley   +1 more source

WE, ELF and ELT: Perspectives on English and applied linguistics

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract In a paper which originally set the scene for WE study, Braj Kachu argued that the ‘global diffusion of English’ called for a new paradigm of enquiry which recognized the independent status of varieties of English used by communities other than those of Inner Circle native speakers.
Henry Widdowson
wiley   +1 more source

ABOUT CROATIAN KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY Some aspects in contemporary Croatian dictionaries [PDF]

open access: yesHum, 2009
The aim of the paper is to explain problems of dictionary defining of a part of Croatian kinship terminology, which, because of many regional and speaking differences, represents a complex structure for its lexicographic description.
Ljubica Tikvica
doaj  

What French for Gabonese French Lexicography

open access: yes, 2016
This paper is a response to Mavoungou (2013a) who has pleaded for the production of a dictionary of Gabonese French as variant B of the French language. The paper intends to comprehend the concept of "Gabonese French".
B. N. Assam   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Finding a mix of renewable energy for different stakeholders by applying multi‐criteria decision‐making techniques

open access: yesInternational Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 2499-2534, July 2026.
Abstract This paper presents a two‐stage model for planning a renewable energy portfolio by balancing economic, social and environmental sustainability goals. The first stage addresses a multi‐objective problem where conflictive impacts generated by the energy portfolios should be optimised according to the corresponding economic, social or ...
Amelia Bilbao‐Terol   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lexicography

open access: yes, 2017
Lexicography is concerned with dictionaries, both with the processes of compilation and with the study of the finished products. The latter is sometimes called “metalexicography” or “dictionary research.” The distinction is also drawn by referring to the compilation of dictionaries as “practical lexicography” and to the study of dictionaries as ...
openaire   +2 more sources

The team orienteering problem with variable time windows

open access: yesInternational Transactions in Operational Research, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 1705-1732, May 2026.
Abstract The orienteering problem is well‐established within the domain of operational research. This paper introduces the team orienteering problem with variable time windows (TOPVTW) as a new variant of the team orienteering problem with time windows. The distinguishing feature of the TOPVTW is the adaptive time windows, which evolve dynamically as a
Bibiana Granda, Begoña Vitoriano
wiley   +1 more source

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