Lexicology is the science of words and their meanings.
The word "lexicology" is a combination of Greek λεξικόν lexicon, which means "of" or "for words", and Greek -λογία -logia, "the study of".
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| Major terms |
- Word
- Lexical item
- Lexicon
- Lexis
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| Semantic relations |
- Antonymy
- Hypernymy and hyponymy
- Meronymy and holonymy
- Idiom
- Lexical semantics
- Semantic network
- Synonym
- Troponymy
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| Fields |
- Controlled vocabulary
- English lexicology and lexicography
- International scientific vocabulary
- Lexicographic error
- Lexicographic information cost
- Linguistic prescription
- Morphology
- Specialized lexicography
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