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Look up lexical in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lexical may refer to: Lexical corpus or lexis, a complete set of all words in a language Lexical item
Lexical
Subfield of linguistic semantics
Lexical semantics (also known as lexicosemantics), as a subfield of linguistic semantics, is the study of word meanings. It includes the study of how
Lexical_semantics
Conversion of character sequences into token sequences in computer science
Lexical tokenization is conversion of a text into (semantically or syntactically) meaningful lexical tokens belonging to categories defined by a "lexer"
Lexical_analysis
Complexity of communication
Lexical density is a concept in computational linguistics that measures the structure and complexity of human communication in a language. Lexical density
Lexical_density
Theoretical rules of syntax
lexical rule is a form of syntactic rule used within many theories of natural language syntax. These rules alter the argument structures of lexical items
Lexical_rule
Method of teaching foreign languages
The lexical approach refers to various methods of teaching foreign languages with focus on lexical units of various sizes. On the smaller end, the lexical
Lexical_approach
Series of ancient Mesopotamian glossaries
The cuneiform lexical lists are a series of ancient Mesopotamian glossaries which preserve the semantics of Sumerograms, their phonetic value and their
Lexical_lists
Similarity of languages' vocabulary (lexicon)
In linguistics, lexical similarity is a measure of the degree to which the word sets of two given languages are similar. A lexical similarity of 1 (or
Lexical_similarity
Process of becoming a word or adding words to a language
linguistics, lexicalization is the process of adding words, set phrases, or word patterns to a language's lexicon. Whether word formation and lexicalization refer
Lexicalization
Vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge
bound morphemes are not included. Items in the lexicon are called lexemes, lexical items, or word forms. Lexemes are not atomic elements but contain both
Lexicon
A lexical function (LF) is a tool developed within Meaning-Text Theory for the description and systematization of semantic relationships, specifically
Lexical_function
Personality traits reflected in language
In personality psychology, the lexical hypothesis (also known as the fundamental lexical hypothesis, lexical approach, or sedimentation hypothesis) generally
Lexical_hypothesis
Concept in linguistics
In linguistics, specifically the sub-field of lexical semantics, the concept of lexical innovation includes the use of neologism or new meanings (so-called
Lexical_innovation
Word, word part or word chain
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
Lexical_item
Lexical simplification is a sub-task of text simplification. It can be defined as any lexical substitution task that reduces text complexity. Lexical
Lexical_simplification
Formal grammar defining the syntax of tokens
In computer science, a lexical grammar or lexical structure is a formal grammar defining the syntax of tokens. The program is written using characters
Lexical_grammar
Category of words based on shared grammatical properties in a clause
traditional scheme does—include word class, lexical class, and lexical category. Some authors restrict the term lexical category to refer only to a particular
Part_of_speech
Theory in linguistics
Lexical field theory, or word-field theory, was introduced on March 12, 1931, by the German linguist Jost Trier. He argued that words acquired their meaning
Lexical_field_theory
Lexical diversity is one aspect of 'lexical richness' and refers to the ratio of different unique word stems (types) to the total number of words (tokens)
Lexical_diversity
Part of a computer program where a given name binding is valid
practice, with lexical scope a name is resolved by searching the local lexical context, then if that fails, by searching the outer lexical context, and
Scope_(computer_programming)
Digital database of words
machine-readable edition of lexical resources exist, e.g., Lexical Markup Framework (LMF) an ISO standard for encoding lexical resources, comprising an abstract
Lexical_resource
Group of words that fall under a single category
between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. A lexical set is a group of words that share a particular vowel or consonant sound
Lexical_set
Type of verb indicating more than just grammar
linguistics a lexical verb or main verb is a member of an open class of verbs that includes all verbs except auxiliary verbs. Lexical verbs typically
Lexical_verb
When people agree on terminology in a given conversation
In conversational linguistics, lexical entrainment is the phenomenon by which a speaker adopts the referential terms used by their interlocutor. It acts
Lexical_entrainment
Lexical substitution is the task of identifying a substitute for a word in the context of a clause. For instance, given the following text: "After the
Lexical_substitution
ISO standard
Language resource management – Lexical markup framework (LMF; ISO 24613), produced by ISO/TC 37, is the ISO standard for natural language processing (NLP)
Lexical_Markup_Framework
Dictionary-style definition of a word
The lexical definition of a term, also known as the dictionary definition, describes the meaning of a word in terms of other words, and it is the style
Lexical_definition
Rare disorder in which a person's lexicon is perceived as taste
Lexical–gustatory synesthesia is a rare form of synesthesia in which spoken and written language (as well as some colors and emotions) causes individuals
Lexical–gustatory_synesthesia
Soft redirect to Wiktionary
"lexical correspondence", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "lexical correspondence" You can also: Search for Lexical correspondence
Lexical_correspondence
Statement that attaches a meaning to a term
often specific to a given field of knowledge or study. These include, lexical definitions, or the common dictionary definitions of words already in a
Definition
Lexical choice is the subtask of Natural language generation that involves choosing the content words (nouns, non-auxiliary verbs, adjectives, and adverbs)
Lexical_choice
Semantic way in which a verb is structured in relation to time
In linguistics, the lexical aspect, situation type or Aktionsart (German pronunciation: [ʔakˈtsi̯oːnsˌʔaːɐ̯t], plural Aktionsarten German pronunciation:
Lexical_aspect
Words inherited by different languages
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in
Cognate
Grammar framework in theoretical linguistics
Lexical functional grammar (LFG) is a constraint-based grammar framework in theoretical linguistics. It posits several parallel levels of syntactic structure
Lexical_functional_grammar
Psycholinguistic procedure
The lexical decision task (LDT) is a procedure used in many psychology and psycholinguistics experiments. The basic procedure involves measuring how quickly
Lexical_decision_task
Word classes, largely corresponding to traditional parts of speech
sense). Word classes considered as syntactic categories may be called lexical categories, as distinct from phrasal categories. The terminology is somewhat
Syntactic_category
Linguistic concept
In lexical semantics, opposites are words lying in an inherently incompatible binary relationship. For example, something that is even entails that it
Opposite
Bilingual lexical access is an area of psycholinguistics that studies the activation or retrieval process of the mental lexicon for bilingual people.
Bilingual_lexical_access
Word borrowed from a donor language and incorporated into a recipient language
use of the French term déjà vu, are known as adoptions, adaptations, or lexical borrowings. Although colloquial and informal register loanwords are typically
Loanword
Use of pitch to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning
tone is the use of pitch contour, pitch register, or both to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning—that is, to distinguish or to inflect words. In
Tone_(linguistics)
Generalised alphabetical order
mathematics, the lexicographic or lexicographical order (also known as lexical order, or dictionary order) is a generalization of the alphabetical order
Lexicographic_order
A lexical chain is a sequence between two semantically related ordered words in writing. It can span narrow (adjacent words or sentences) or wide context
Lexical_chain
Theory of sound changes in linguistics
Lexical diffusion is the hypothesis that a sound change is an abrupt change that spreads gradually across the words in a language to which it is applicable
Lexical_diffusion
Capacity for a sign to have multiple related meanings
dislexified) in languages. A lexical conception of polysemy was developed by B. T. S. Atkins, in the form of lexical implication rules. These are rules
Polysemy
Type of uncertainty of meaning where several interpretations are possible
is difficult to specify the meaning at the desired level of precision. Lexical ambiguity is contrasted with semantic ambiguity.[citation needed] The former
Ambiguity
Set of names by which an individual is known
by a comma (e.g. Jobs, Steve or Van Gerwen, Michael) representing the "lexical name order". This convention is followed by most Western libraries, as
Personal_name
1971 book by John Rawls
the equal opportunity principle. Rawls orders the principles of justice lexically, as follows: 1, 2b, 2a. The greatest equal liberty principle takes priority
A_Theory_of_Justice
Root word of a set of word forms
verb for "follow" will be found under sequor ("I follow"). Lexeme Lexical item Lexical Markup Framework Null morpheme Principal parts Root (linguistics)
Lemma_(morphology)
Non-language factors that enhance understanding of communication
users adapt the properties of their language use (such as intonation, lexical choice, syntax, and other aspects of formulation) to the current communicative
Context
First-century Jewish preacher and religious leader
Hebrew: 4886. מָשַׁח (mashach)". biblehub.com. Retrieved 21 January 2026. Lexical summary: "to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint" "χριστός Greek Word Study Tool"
Jesus
UNIX program for lexical analysis
Flex (fast lexical analyzer generator) is a free and open-source software alternative to lex. It is a computer program that generates lexical analyzers
Flex (lexical analyzer generator)
Flex_(lexical_analyzer_generator)
Archipelagic country in Southeast Asia
ISBN 978-1-317-85108-0. Reid, Lawrence A. (June 1, 1994). "Possible Non-Austronesian Lexical Elements in Philippine Negrito Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 33 (1)
Philippines
Grammatically correct sentence demonstrating lexical ambiguity
teacher" is a grammatically correct English sentence used to demonstrate lexical ambiguity and the necessity of punctuation, which serves as a substitute
James while John had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher
James_while_John_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_had_a_better_effect_on_the_teacher
Latin influences on the Germanic language of English
learning brought a steady, though dramatically reduced, influx of new Latin lexical borrowings. Since subjects like science and philosophy (including rhetoric
Latin_influence_in_English
West Germanic language
monolingual English speakers, the primary influence of Norman was as a lexical superstratum, introducing a wide range of loanwords related to politics
English_language
Concept in linguistics
traditional approach, nouns were said to name objects and other entities, lexical verbs to indicate actions, adjectives to refer to attributes of entities
Content_word
Technique for creating lexically scoped first class functions
programming languages, a closure, also lexical closure or function closure, is a technique for implementing lexically scoped name binding in a language with
Closure (computer programming)
Closure_(computer_programming)
Words supplying mainly grammatical information, rather than content information
linguistics, function words (also called functors) are words that have little lexical meaning or have ambiguous meaning and express grammatical relationships
Function_word
Class of auxiliary verbs in English that lack untensed forms
auxiliary verb lacks this form. (A corresponding lexical verb may have the form. For example, although the lexical verb need has a preterite form, the modal
English_modal_auxiliary_verbs
Form of nonsense syllable used in a wide variety of music
Non-lexical vocables, also known as wordless vocals, are a form of nonsense syllable used in a wide variety of music. Common English examples are "la
Non-lexical_vocables_in_music
Study of meaning in language
Lexical semantics is the branch of semantics that studies word meaning. It examines whether words have one or several meanings and in what lexical relations
Semantics
Linguistic discipline studying words
Lexicostatistics Lexical semantics Lexical analysis English lexicology and lexicography List of lexicographers List of linguists Lexical Markup Framework
Lexicology
Study of words and their formation
depends on the quality (voiced vs. unvoiced) of the final preceding phoneme. Lexical morphology is the branch of morphology that deals with the lexicon that
Morphology_(linguistics)
System of phonetic notation
IPA is designed to represent those qualities of speech that are part of lexical (and, to a limited extent, prosodic) sounds in spoken (oral) language:
International Phonetic Alphabet
International_Phonetic_Alphabet
Program that processes input for another program
inclusion and language extensions. Lexical preprocessors are the lowest-level of preprocessors as they only require lexical analysis, that is, they operate
Preprocessor
State of standing out as unusual
simple two-choice cases. See confusion matrix for more details. In terms of lexical opposites, a marked form is a non-basic one, often one with inflectional
Markedness
Academic discipline studying terms and their general uses
special vocabulary. The main objects of terminological studies are special lexical units (or special lexemes), first of all terms. They are analysed from
Terminology
Small set of grammatically distinctive verbs of English
this form. (In some cases, a corresponding lexical verb may have the form. For example, although lexical verb need has a plain past tense form, auxiliary
English_auxiliary_verbs
Hypothesis in linguistics
The lexical integrity hypothesis (LIH) or lexical integrity principle is a hypothesis in linguistics which states that syntactic transformations do not
Lexical_integrity_hypothesis
Fundamental unit of cognition
embedded in domain-specific theories, while conceptual atomism argues that lexical concepts are separate units without internal structure. Philosophers debate
Concept
Range of Indian religious traditions
tradition, a set of religious beliefs, and "a way of life". From a Western lexical standpoint, Hinduism, like other faiths, is appropriately referred to as
Hinduism
Word that is derived from, or suggestive of, the Latin language
Latinisms has a long history, dating back to the ancient times. Early lexical Latinisms are attested in various languages that came into contact with
Latinism
Branch of applied mathematics
used in linguistics include: Weighted graphs, which are used to model the lexical similarity between different languages (after computing lexicostatistics)
Mathematical_linguistics
Western Pahari language of India
Lexical similarity % lexical similarity Jaunpuri 56% Jaunsari 61% Sirmauri 59% Nagpuri 56%
Bangani
Taboo involving restrictions on language
sake, meaning "for God's sake". It is a common source of neologisms and lexical replacement. Restrictions on language typically originate from the need
Word_taboo
Irving L. (1983). The Language of Ethnic Conflict: Social Organization and Lexical Culture. Columbia University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-231-05557-4. Retrieved
List_of_ethnic_slurs
Use of computational tools for the study of linguistics
areas that mirror the internal organization of linguistics. For example, lexical semantics and frame semantics have active research communities within computational
Computational_linguistics
Verb that entails a transitive object
Alexandrian school. Traditionally, transitivity patterns are thought of as lexical information of the verb, but recent research in construction grammar and
Transitive_verb
Sentence composed of homonyms
homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs through lexical ambiguity. It has been discussed in literature in various forms since 1967
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
Process of words becoming part of a language grammar
distinguishes between two types of linguistic items: lexical items or content words, which carry specific lexical meaning grammatical items or function words,
Grammaticalization
Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines
diphthongs. Kimoto (2017) lists the following Arta lexical innovations (highlighted in bold). Lexical innovations in Casiguran Agta are also highlighted
Arta_language
Language influencing or influenced by another through contact
England's history, Old Norse served as an adstrate, contributing to the lexical structure of Old English. The phenomenon is less common today in standardized
Stratum_(linguistics)
Part of a word responsible for its lexical meaning
In linguistics, a word stem is a word part responsible for a word's lexical meaning. The term is used with slightly different meanings depending on the
Word_stem
Word consisting of two words
portmanteau, also known in linguistics and lexicography as a blend word, lexical blend, or simply a blend, is a word formed by combining the meanings and
Portmanteau
Timing, rhythm, and intonation of speech
may be studied in relation to individual words (named "word stress" or lexical stress) or in relation to larger units of speech (traditionally referred
Prosody_(linguistics)
Unit of lexical meaning
A lexeme (/ˈlɛksiːm/ ) is a unit of lexical meaning that underlies a set of words that are related through inflection. It is a basic abstract unit of
Lexeme
Software for natural language processing
UBY is a large-scale lexical-semantic resource for natural language processing (NLP) developed at the Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Lab (UKP) in the
UBY
Set of words grouped by meaning referring to a specific subject
the lexical structure of different languages and different states of the same language. The origin of the field theory of semantics is the lexical field
Semantic_field
The Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary (Bulgarian: Български етимологичен речник) is a multi-volume etymological dictionary of the Bulgarian language. It
Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary
Bulgarian_Etymological_Dictionary
Short name of a vocabulary for lexical resources in the web of data
OntoLex is the short name of a vocabulary for lexical resources in the web of data (OntoLex-Lemon) and the short name of the W3C community group that
OntoLex
Phrase with a non-literal meaning
this means is that the idiomatic reading is, rather, stored as a single lexical item that is now largely independent of the literal reading. In phraseology
Idiom
Multi-meaning encoding in words, comprising vagueness, polysemy, and homonymy
In semantics and lexical typology, colexification is the ability for a language to express different meanings with the same word. When a language colexifies
Colexification
Vocabulary of Estonian language
nihilo (cf. ‘free constructions’, Tauli 1977), along with other sources of lexical enrichment such as derivations, compositions and loanwords (often from
Estonian_vocabulary
Grammatical and lexical linking in text
Cohesion is the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning. It is related to the broader
Cohesion_(linguistics)
Programming language standard
as a string Common Lisp supports lexical environments. Formally, the bindings in a lexical environment have lexical scope and may have either an indefinite
Common_Lisp
Topics referred to by the same term
called LS-category or simply category Categorical data, in statistics Lexical category, a part of speech such as noun, preposition, etc. Syntactic category
Category
Scientific study of language
according to aspects of meaning: "semantics" refers to grammatical and lexical meanings, while "pragmatics" is concerned with meaning in context. Within
Linguistics
Permissible word or form that does not exist
an accidental gap, also known as a gap, paradigm gap, accidental lexical gap, lexical gap, lacuna, or hole in the pattern, is a potential word, word sense
Accidental_gap
Lexical analyzer generator
that generates lexical analyzers ("scanners" or "lexers"). It is commonly used with the yacc parser generator and is the standard lexical analyzer generator
Lex_(software)
Part of speech that defines a noun or pronoun
from adjectives, considering them to be two separate parts of speech (or lexical categories). Determiners formerly were considered to be adjectives in some
Adjective
LEXICAL
LEXICAL
LEXICAL
LEXICAL
Girl/Female
Hindu
Male
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Shimown, SHIMON means "hearkening."
Biblical
thus it is; how is this
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Parsi, Telugu
The Cosmic Serpent Shesh
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Shining Forth
Boy/Male
Tamil
Kshitish | கà¯à®·à®¿à®¤à¯€à®·Â
King of all gods, Indra, Master of the earth
Girl/Female
Muslim
Walking gently
Girl/Female
Biblical
Those that shall be changed.
Male
Slovene
Slovene form of Latin Primus, PRIMOŽ means "first."
Girl/Female
Indian
Name of a Raga
LEXICAL
LEXICAL
LEXICAL
LEXICAL
LEXICAL
a.
Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon.