Paraphrases of verbal multiword expressions: the case of Czech light verbs and idioms

Abstract

In this chapter, we explore paraphrasability of Czech verbal MWEs (light verbs constructions and idioms) by single verbs in a semiautomatic experiment using word embeddings. Further, we propose a lexicographic representation and demonstrate one of its practical application in a machine translation experiment.

Keywords

• paraphrases
• verbal
• multiword
• expressions
• case
• czech
• light
• verbs
• idioms