Multiword expressions (MWEs) are a challenge for both the natural language applications and the linguistic theory because they often defy the application of the

The annual workshop on multiword expressions takes place since 2001 in conjunction with major computational linguistics conferences and attracts the attention o

Multiword expressions (MWEs), such as noun compounds (e.g. nickname in English, and Ohrwurm in German), complex verbs (e.g. give up in English, and aufgeben in

This book consists of contributions related to the definition, representation and parsing of MWEs. These reflect current trends in the representation and proces

Both compounds and multi-word expressions are complex lexical units, made up of at least two constituents. The most basic difference is that the former are morp