Hapax Legomena

GPTKB entity

Statements (16)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf linguistic theory
gptkbp:defines A word that occurs only once within a context, such as a single document or the works of an author
gptkbp:etymology From Greek 'hapax legomenon', meaning 'something said only once'
gptkbp:example The word 'flother' in Old English is a hapax legomenon
gptkbp:field gptkb:Linguistics
gptkbp:frequency Hapax legomena are common in large corpora
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hapax Legomena
gptkbp:importantFor May indicate rare or unique vocabulary in a text
gptkbp:plural gptkb:hapax_legomena
gptkb:hapax_legomenon
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Dis_legomena
gptkb:Nonce_word
gptkbp:significance Can complicate tasks such as lemmatization and dictionary compilation
gptkbp:uses Used in textual criticism and corpus linguistics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hollis_Frampton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6