A Data-Driven Approach to Idiomaticity Based on Experts' Criteria in Theoretical Linguistics

In three linesAnalysis of 286 multi-word expressions (MWEs) annotated by linguistics experts using 16 criteria (lexical, grammatical, etc.). Finding: no expressions are absolutely idiomatic. Lexical criteria are most influential; grammatical criteria are conditional; obsolete words reduce substitutability.

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