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Quotations in the dictionary: the pros and cons

Quotations have been employed by lexicography from time immemorial. Their forms and functions, however, have been subject to modification depending on the lexicographic tradition, purposes of the dictionary and intentions of its compilers. The present paper considers the phraseological features of quotations which underlie their use in dictionaries for natives and learners.