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What’s the origin and the meaning of the word lexicology?

• The words “lexis” and “logos” derive from Greek and mean “all of letters in the dictionary”

• The words “lexis” and “logos” derive from Greek and mean “word, phrase” and “science” (the science of the word).

• The words “lexis” and “logos” derive from French and mean “word, phrase” and “science”

• The words “lexis” and “logos” derive from Latin and mean “such kind of word or phrase” and “science”

• The words “lexis” and “logos” derive from German and mean “letter” and “art”

What does Lexicology study?

• Lexicology is the science of the word and vocabulary

• Lexicology studies the meaning of the word

• studies the outer sound form of the word

• Lexicology is the science of the grammatical and morphological structure of a language

• Lexicology studies the meaning and phonetic structure of the word

What is Special Lexicology?

• It is the lexicology of a particular language.

• It is the lexicology of any language

• the outer sound form of the word

• the various means of expressing grammatical relations between words

What is General Lexicology?

• the various means of expressing grammatical relations between words

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  the study of the nature, functions and structure of language

• the outer sound form of the word

• Is a part of General linguistics. It is concerned with the study of vocabulary irrespective of the specific features of any particular language.

lexicology

• the outer sound form of the word

• study of the nature, functions and structure of language

• study of LEXICON; system of lexemes

• the various means of expressing grammatical relations between words

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Lexicology is a branch of linguistics which deals with…

• the various means of expressing grammatical relations between words and with the patterns after which words are combined into word-groups and sentences

• the study of the nature, functions and structure of stylistic devices and with the investigation of each style of language

• lexical units and the vocabulary of a language

• the outer sound form of the word

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What is historical lexicology?

• Focuses on evolution of any vocabulary, as well as of its single elements; deals with the origin of various words, their change and development.

• the outer sound form of the word

• the study of the nature, functions and structure of language

• the various means of expressing grammatical relations between words

What is Descriptive Lexicology?

• the study of the nature, functions and structure of language

• the outer sound form of the word

• Deals with the vocabulary of a given language at a given stage of its development.

• the various means of expressing grammatical relations between words

Synchronic lexicology deals with …

• the change and development of vocabulary in the course of time

• vocabulary at a given stage of language development, usually at the present time

• the outer sound form of the word

• the various means of expressing grammatical relations between words

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What is a word?

• The term denotes the main lexical unit of a language resulting from the association of a group of sounds with a meaning

• The basic unit of language.

• a lexico-grammatical unit; sequence of sounds/written signs used in language to express an idea & communicate a meaning

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• It corresponds to the thing meant and names it.