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A lexicon (plural: lexicons, rarely lexica) is the vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge (such as nautical or medical ). In linguistics, a lexicon is a language's inventory of lexemes. The word lexicon derives from Greek word λεξικόν ( lexikon ), neuter of λεξικός ( lexikos) meaning 'of or for words'. [1]
Lexicon is a word game using a dedicated deck of cards for 2 to 4 players [2] published as a shedding card game . The original game was published by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom, and it was later distributed and licensed internationally, and has been published with various names and in different formats.
NASPA Word List ( NWL, formerly Official Tournament and Club Word List, referred to as OTCWL, OWL, TWL) is the official word authority for tournament Scrabble in the USA and Canada under the aegis of NASPA Games. [1] It is based on the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) with modifications to make it more suitable for tournament play.
WordNet is a lexical database of semantic relations between words that links words into semantic relations including synonyms, hyponyms, and meronyms. The synonyms are grouped into synsets with short definitions and usage examples. It can thus be seen as a combination and extension of a dictionary and thesaurus.
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW, formerly SOWPODS) is the word list used in English-language tournament Scrabble in most countries except the US, Thailand and Canada. The term SOWPODS is an anagram of the two abbreviations OSPD (Official Scrabble Players Dictionary) and OSW (Official Scrabble Words), these being the original two official dictionaries used in various parts of the world at the time.
Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. [ 1] Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. Theoretical lexicography is the scholarly study of semantic, orthographic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic features of ...
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.
Lexicology examines every feature of a word – including formation, spelling, origin, usage, and definition. [1] Lexicology also considers the relationships that exist between words. In linguistics, the lexiconof a language is composed of lexemes, which are abstract units of meaning that correspond to a set of related forms of a word.