Associations to the word «Lexicology»

Wiktionary

LEXICOLOGY, noun. (uncountable) (linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
LEXICOLOGY, noun. (countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.

Dictionary definition

LEXICOLOGY, noun. The branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan