Article: Prepositional entries in English-Polish dictionaries.(LINGUISTICS)

ABSTRACT

The present paper examines the microstructure of entries devoted to prepositions in bilingual English-Polish dictionaries. Given the problems inherent in the lexicographic treatment of function words, it seems worthwhile to ask:

* what are the strategies employed in cases of lack of interlingual equivalence?

* what is the preferred type of sense-structure (i.e. source-language based, target-language based or mixed)?

* does the entry highlight links between related senses?

* how much phraseology is deemed necessary to present the properties of the preposition in question?

* how does the choice of entry ...

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