Lexicon

Lexicon is a term in linguistics that refers to the complete set of all words in a language, or the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge. The term originates from the Greek word "λεξικόν" (lexicon), meaning "of or for words."

Overview

A lexicon includes a vast array of words, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives, as well as their variations and combinations. It also includes idioms, phrases, and collocations. The lexicon of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions. A language's lexicon is its vocabulary and all of its terms that are related to a particular subject.

Lexicology and Lexicography

Lexicology is the study of the lexicon, while lexicography involves the recording of words and their meanings in dictionaries. The process of adding new words to the lexicon or removing words from it is known as lexicalization and delexicalization respectively.

Mental Lexicon

The mental lexicon is the representation of all words a person knows and understands. It is a mental dictionary that contains information about the syntactic properties, meanings, and phonological representation of words.

Lexicon in Linguistics

In linguistics, the lexicon of a language includes its words and expressions, as well as the morphemes (like English -ed and -s) that make up words. The lexicon is a language's vocabulary.

Lexicon in Computer Science

In computer science, a lexicon is a list of terms used in a particular domain, along with their definitions. A lexicon is used in natural language processing and computational linguistics.

See Also

• Vocabulary
• Dictionary
• Thesaurus
• Glossary
• Terminology

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