lexicology – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
lexicology
n.
study of words (their history, meaning, structure, etc.)
Lexicology
Lexicology is the part of
linguistics which studies
words. This may include their nature and function as
symbols, their
meaning, the relationship of their meaning to
epistemology in general, and the rules of their composition from smaller elements (
morphemes such as the English
-ed marker for past or
un- for negation; and
phonemes as basic sound units). Lexicology also involves relations between words, which may involve
semantics (for example,
love vs.
affection),
derivation (for example,
fathom vs.
unfathomably), usage and
sociolinguistic distinctions (for example,
flesh vs.
meat), and any other issues involved in analyzing the whole
lexicon of a language.
lexicology
Noun
1. the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language
(hypernym) linguistics
(hyponym) onomastics
Lexicology
(n.)
The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
lexicology
Synonyms and related words:
bowwow theory, comparative linguistics, derivation, descriptive linguistics, dialectology, dingdong theory, etymology, glossematics, glossography, glossology, glottochronology, glottology, grammar, graphemics, historical linguistics, language study, lexicography, lexicostatistics, lexigraphy, linguistic geography, linguistic science, linguistics, mathematical linguistics, morphology, morphophonemics, onomasiology, onomastics, onomatology, paleography, philology, phonetics, phonology, psycholinguistics, semantics, semasiology, semiotic, semiotics, significs, sociolinguistics, structuralism, syntactics, transformational linguistics
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
