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Lexical item

In lexicography[citation needed], a lexical item is a single word, a part of a word, or a chain of words (catena) that forms the basic elements of a language's lexicon (≈ vocabulary).[citation needed] Examples are cat, traffic light, take care of, by the way, and it's raining cats and dogs. Lexical items can be generally understood to convey a single…

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Types

WordsAffixPhrasal verbsMultiword expressionsCollocations
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Form-meaning correspondence

Constituents
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Overview

LexicographyCatenaLexiconVocabularyLexeme
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Lexical item

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples26
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

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Lexical item

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related to Types · 15
Lexical item → Common, First, I'll, Idiom, If, In, Institutionalized, Lastly, Second, That, That'll, The, We'll, Words, Would
related to External links · 5
Lexical item → Lexical, Media, Wikimedia Commons The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Form-meaning correspondence · 5
Lexical item → But, In, Many, Some, The
is a · 1
Lexical item → single word

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Important terminology

lexical items words language catenae catena syntax word idiom constituents trees grammar one single also lexis lexicon item part elements

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Lexical itemis asingle word0.90text
Lexical itemrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Lexical itemrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Lexical itemrelated to External linksLexical0.60section
Lexical itemrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons The0.60section
Lexical itemrelated to External linksWiktionary0.60section
Lexical itemrelated to Form-meaning correspondenceMany0.60section
Lexical itemrelated to Form-meaning correspondenceBut0.60section
Lexical itemrelated to Form-meaning correspondenceIn0.60section
Lexical itemrelated to Form-meaning correspondenceThe0.60section
Lexical itemrelated to Form-meaning correspondenceSome0.60section
Lexical itemrelated to TypesCommon0.60section

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