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Lexical semantics

Lexical semantics (also known as lexicosemantics), as a subfield of linguistic semantics, is the study of word meanings. It includes the study of how words structure their meaning, how they act in grammar and compositionality, and the relationships between the distinct senses and uses of a word.

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Semasiology

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Lexical semantics

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Lexical semantics

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related to Semasiology · 13
Lexical semantics → Christian Karl Reisig, English, German, Greek, However, It, Latin Linguistics, Lectures, Semantics, Semasiology, Sprachwissenschaft, The, Vorlesungen
related to Micro-syntactic theories: 1990s to the present · 11
Lexical semantics → By, Chomsky's, EPP, Extended Projection Principle, For, Gamlin, Gammon, Lexicalist, Suci, These, This
related to Transitivity alternations: the inchoative/causative alternation · 8
Lexical semantics → BECOME, Causative, For, Inchoative, The, There, Verb Phrases, VP
related to Semantic networks · 6
Lexical semantics → English, In English, It, Lexical, Some, WordNet
related to External links · 4
Lexical semantics → Lexical, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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lexical structure verb meaning verbs semantic semantics inchoative causative words syntactic syntax also example theory word items meanings intransitive morphology

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affixesinstance ofand the relationships between the distinct senses and uses of a word.The units of analysis in lexical semantics are lexical units which include not only words but also sub-words…0.80text
even compound wordsinstance ofand the relationships between the distinct senses and uses of a word.The units of analysis in lexical semantics are lexical units which include not only words but also sub-words…0.80text
phrasesinstance ofand the relationships between the distinct senses and uses of a word.The units of analysis in lexical semantics are lexical units which include not only words but also sub-words…0.80text
in the case of root words or parts of compound words or they require association with other unitsinstance ofcan be independent0.80text
as prefixesinstance ofcan be independent0.80text
suffixes doinstance ofcan be independent0.80text
Italianinstance ofWhile this debate is still unresolved in languages0.80text
Frenchinstance ofWhile this debate is still unresolved in languages0.80text
and Greekinstance ofWhile this debate is still unresolved in languages0.80text
it has been suggested by linguist Florian Schäfer that there are semantic differences between markedinstance ofWhile this debate is still unresolved in languages0.80text
unmarked inchoatives in Germaninstance ofWhile this debate is still unresolved in languages0.80text
give someone somethinginstance ofIn ditransitive verbs0.80text

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