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lexicon
  1. The vocabulary of a language.
  2. (linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
  3. A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
  4. (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
  5. (rare) Any dictionary.
  6. The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge)
  7. A vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “Only at a later stage in its development does the pidgin develop productive internal resources for expanding its lexicon.”
      “In the first, called intrinsic reflexivization, a predicate is marked as a reflexive predicate in the lexicon.”
      “The book is structured like a typical lexicon with topics listed alphabetically in each section.”
lexeme
  1. (linguistics) A unit of lexical meaning, roughly corresponding to the set of inflected forms taken by a single word, so for example the lexeme RUN includes as members "run" (lemma), "running" (inflected form), and "ran", but excludes "runner" (a derived term).
  2. (computing) An individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis (see token).
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  4. Examples:
    1. “These different shapes spell out word forms that belong to the verb lexeme crown.”
      “The identity of the lexeme is not affected by its orthographic realization.”
      “The resulting semantico-functional variant of a lexeme performs a different function in speech.”
lexicography
  1. The art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.
  2. (linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analyzing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
  3. Examples:
    1. “After sifting through a mountain of words, the author has settled on 1,500 meanings that reflect the ever-changing world of lexicography.”
      “By contrast, Johnson has no reason either to castigate lexicography or to celebrate the completion of his own task.”
      “Trademark names used as verbs are a further area of difficulty, both generally and in lexicography.”
lexicology
  1. (linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
  2. (countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “An irreproachable standard of attention to lexicology, semantics and syntax.”
      “Member of the lexicology committee for a multilingual lexical database project.”
      “You have a real knack for terminology, lexicology and technical subject matter.”
lexis
  1. (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language.
  2. The vocabulary used by a writer
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Transcribed excerpts of the lyrics will be analyzed with respect to phonetics, phonology, morpho-syntax, prosody, and lexis.”
      “This grammar is the first pedagogic grammar to integrate syntax and lexis using corpus data.”
      “Each major area is enclosed by a large number of isoglosses representing differences in lexis, grammar, and phonology.”
lexicality
  1. The condition of being lexical
  2. The degree to which something is lexical
  3. Examples:
    1. “The pattern of errors revealed a strong effect of prime lexicality on performance.”
      “Therefore the process indexed by the N1 seems insensitive to stimulus lexicality when written sequences are word-like.”
      “This result suggests that the manipulation successfully induced a tendency to assign stress lexically or sub-lexically depending on prime lexicality.”
lexicalization
  1. The act or process of lexicalizing.
  2. Something lexicalized.
  3. Examples:
    1. “A list of fifteen adjectival nouns with proposed meanings raises unanswered questions about lexicalization.”
      “However, recent developments show that definite articles are morphological elements linked to certain noun types due to lexicalization.”
      “This seems to work better for the cases of deflexion that he discusses than for the cases of syntactic lexicalization discussed here.”
lexicalism
  1. The theory that grammatical information is rooted in the lexicon of a language.
lexicase
  1. (linguistics) A form of dependency grammar incorporating elements of case grammar and focusing on the lexicon.
lexicographist
lexicalist
lexiconophilia
  1. The love of dictionaries and other books of words.
lexicogrammar
  1. (linguistics) The continuity between grammar and lexis.
lexicalisation
  1. Alternative spelling of lexicalization
lexicosyntax
  1. (linguistics) lexis and syntax considered together
lexicographer
  1. One who writes or compiles a dictionary
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The best lexicographer may well be content if his productions are received by the world with cold esteem.”
      “For example, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary liken the lexicographer to the naturalist.”
      “A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer unknown.”
lexicode
lexemehood
  1. (linguistics) The property of being a lexeme.
lexicologist
  1. an expert at lexicology
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It was put on the map by Nişanyan House and its resident owner – writer, lexicologist and activist Sevan Nişanyan.”
      “His Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English secured his reputation both as a lexicologist and as an eccentric, and he continued revising it at intervals for the rest of his life.”
      “Although Wiedemann was also an outstanding lexicologist and compiled comprehensive dictionaries, his calling was grammar.”
lexiconist
  1. A writer of a lexicon.
lexicalisations
  1. plural of lexicalisation
lexicalizations
  1. plural of lexicalization
lexicographists
lexicogrammars
  1. plural of lexicogrammar
lexicographers
  1. plural of lexicographer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Ghost words are created accidentally by lexicographers, and when they are exposed they generally fade away.”
      “Mathematicians have wrestled with this question, but now it turns out that lexicographers have, too.”
      “Historical lexicographers, like myself, even look down on what is regarded as the Golden Age of Language.”
lexicologists
lexicographies
  1. plural of lexicography
lexicalists
  1. plural of lexicalist
lexiconists
  1. plural of lexiconist
lexicalities
  1. plural of lexicality
lexicologies
lexica
lexicodes
  1. plural of lexicode
lexicons
  1. plural of lexicon
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  3. Examples:
    1. “That of course is where Greek lexicons like those referenced to above are helpful.”
      “Pop-cultural lexicons are moving towards a type of modulated system based on versional directed traffic.”
      “Morgan argues that forcing organization theory into lexicons, literal language and precise formulations is a retrograde step.”
lexemes
  1. plural of lexeme
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Look up the following newish open compounds in a modern dictionary to see if they are yet recorded as lexemes in English.”
      “In this approach, the specimen sentence has 13 monemes divided into 8 morphemes and 5 lexemes.”
      “Therefore, high imageability words will easily and uniquely access their corresponding lexemes.”
lexeis
lexises
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