Abstrakt
This paper deals with the treatment of verbal multiword expressions in Romanian dictionaries. The aims of this paper are to show and discuss discrepancies between lexicographic works as far as verbal phraseological units are concerned and to show that a consistent treatment is possible, when their characteristics (extracted from a holistic perspective on the phenomenon and defined objectively) are considered systematically.
Our insights spring from the analysis of verbal multiword expressions with the head verb A DA “to give”, as they are registered in three Romanian dictionaries (DLR, DEX, DELS). We compare their status therein with that established by applying the PARSEME tests.