LEXICOLOGY
The term "lexis" refers to the vocabulary (words wuth the meaning content) of a language, each itself being referred to as a lexeme or lexical item. The entire range of lexical items in a language is known as its lexicon. Thus, lexicology refers to the study of the vocabulary of a language and the development of its lexicon.
LEXICAL DECOMPOSITION
The first of these is lexical decomposition. Lexical decomposition is a means of characterizing the detail lexical features of a word. For example taking the words "kitten", "puppy" ang "fawn", we can see some commonolity in them.
If we add "chiken" or "baby" to this set, the decomposition will be:
Chiken - young, two legged, animate, living
Baby - young, two legged, human, living
COLLACATION
Another feature that is important in the field of word meaning is collacation, Collocation referes to the co-occurrence possibility or compatibility of a word with other words. This feature is spoken of in sintagmatic terms - i.e. sentence ordering terms, as well as formal terms (meaning compatibility). For example "black" collocates well with "black" box, "black" coffe, "black" board and "black" bird. However, the collocation of "black" book, "black" mail and "black" mark are slightly different from the first three.
DENOTATION and CONOTATION
Denotation refers to the strict definition of a word, the class of things denoted by a word. It is the referential or dictionary meaning of a lexical item. For example the lexeme "mother" has its dictionary definition as "female parent". Connotation, on the other hand, goes into the extralinguistic associations and overtones of meanings of words. These meanings would not
be explicity stated in the dictionary. Thus for “mother” the connotative meaning would entail, “compassion, love, comfort, solace, strength” and other maternally eminent qualities.
LEXICAL DECOMPOSITION
The first of these is lexical decomposition. Lexical decomposition is a means of characterizing the detail lexical features of a word. For example taking the words "kitten", "puppy" ang "fawn", we can see some commonolity in them.
If we add "chiken" or "baby" to this set, the decomposition will be:
Chiken - young, two legged, animate, living
Baby - young, two legged, human, living
COLLACATION
Another feature that is important in the field of word meaning is collacation, Collocation referes to the co-occurrence possibility or compatibility of a word with other words. This feature is spoken of in sintagmatic terms - i.e. sentence ordering terms, as well as formal terms (meaning compatibility). For example "black" collocates well with "black" box, "black" coffe, "black" board and "black" bird. However, the collocation of "black" book, "black" mail and "black" mark are slightly different from the first three.
DENOTATION and CONOTATION
Denotation refers to the strict definition of a word, the class of things denoted by a word. It is the referential or dictionary meaning of a lexical item. For example the lexeme "mother" has its dictionary definition as "female parent". Connotation, on the other hand, goes into the extralinguistic associations and overtones of meanings of words. These meanings would not
be explicity stated in the dictionary. Thus for “mother” the connotative meaning would entail, “compassion, love, comfort, solace, strength” and other maternally eminent qualities.
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