ABSTRACT
Theword,itself,maybethoughtofastheminimumlexicalunit, inthesenseoftheminimumunitwithanindependentlyusable meaning.Butthiswillnotquitedo,since itleavesoutofaccountthe problemofidioms,suchascatchacrab,'jamoarswhenrowing', (run)hellforleather,'veryfast,hurriedly'.Herewefindthatour minimumsemanticunitisevenlargerthantheword.Sotheremust bemorethanjustsemanticfactorsatstakeinthenotionofWORD.
