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<p class="Default"><strong>THE QUESTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES IN EXPLANATORY DICTIONARIES AND THE DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY LATVIAN LANGUAGE</strong></p><p class="Pa11"><em>Summary</em></p><p class="Pa12">There are two kinds of illustrative examples that are used in explanatory dictionaries: quotations and combination of words (phrases). Quotations are usually included in large dictionaries of many volumes, but phrases are popular in ordinary explanatory dictionar­ies.</p><p class="Pa12">In explanatory dictionaries illustrative examples have several functions: 1) to confirm that a corresponding word really exists in language; 2) to demonstrate how the word is used in a context; 3) to supply with additional information.</p><p>In the Dictionary of Contemporary Latvian Language illustrative examples are mainly given in the form of phrases, although sometimes quotations are also used, because there are several word groups that need a larger context (e.g., words with a figurative meaning, stylistically marked words or meanings, interjections).</p>