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Lexicology - What does it mean?

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lexicology

Noun

  • (uncountable, 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.
  • * 1949 Journal of Theological Studies
  • The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.
  • (countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
  • Derived terms

    * lexicological * lexicologically * lexicologist

    See also

    * semantics

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