Just a point about multiple senses in the Longman: (01)
[PC]: >
>> several dictionaries use a "defining vocabulary" as the list of words
>> to define all the other words in the dictionary...
>> "Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English" ... has about
>> 2150 words... Some of the words are used in more than one sense.
>
[JS} > >
>*All* of those so-called defining words are used in many more than one
>sense. (02)
Actually, in Guo's thesis he investigated the actual number of senses used.
Though it is true that the defining vocabulary words have more than a few
senses each, on average; according to Guo, the number of senses used **in the
definitions** average to less than 2. (03)
I haven't seen any follow-up that provides a different number. If anyone knows
of such a study, I would very much like to get a pointer. (04)
Pat (05)
Patrick Cassidy
MICRA Inc.
cassidy@xxxxxxxxx
1-908-561-3416 (06)
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