2008 ADictionaryOfLinguisticsAndPhonetics

• (Crystal, 2008) ⇒ David Crystal. (2008). “A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 6th edition." Blackwell Publishing. ISBN:9781405152976

Subject Headings: Linguistics Dictionary, Phonetics Dictionary.

Notes

• External Reference to: Dictionary, Compound, Compound Word, Compound Noun, Compound Verb, Compound Sentence, Compound Tense, Compound Object, Compound Subject, Compound Preposition.
• External Reference to: Lexicon, Lexis, Lexical Entry, Lexical Item, Vocabulary, Lexical Word, Grammatical Word, Lexical Meaning, Lexical Verb, Lexical Noun Phrase, Lexical Morphology, Lexeme.
• External Reference to: Linguistics, Phonetics, Comparative, Convention.

Quotes

• compound (n.) A term used widely in DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTIC studies to refer to a linguistic UNIT which is composed of ELEMENTS that function independently in other circumstances. Of particular currency are the notions of compound found in 'compound WORDS' (consisting of two or more free MORPHEMES, as in such 'compound NOUNS' as bedroom, rainfall, and washing machine) and 'compound SENTENCES' (consisting of two or more main CLAUSES); but other application of the term exist, as in 'compound VERBS' (e.g. come in), 'compound TENSES' (those consisting of an AUXILIARY + LEXICAL verb), 'compound SUBJECTS/OBJECTS', etc. (where the clause elements consist of more than one noun PHRASE or PRONOUN, as in the boys and the girls shouted) and 'compound PREPOSITIONS' (e.g. in accordance with). See also BAHAVRUIHI, DVANDVA.
• lexicon (n.) In its most general sense, the term is synonymous with VOCABULARY. A dictionary can be seen as a set of lexical ENTRIES....
• lexis (n.) A term used in LINGUISTIC to refer to the vocabulary of a LANGUAGE … A UNIT of vocabulary is generally referred to as a lexical item, or LEXEME. A complete inventory of the lexical items of a language constitutes that language's dictionary, or LEXICON … 'in the lexicon' as a set of lexical entries. …

... Lexis may be seen in contrast with GRAMMAR, as in the distinction between 'grammatical WORDS' and lexical words: the former refers to words whose sole function is to signal grammatical relationships (a role which is claimed for such words as of, to and the in English); the latter refers to words which have lexical meaning, i.e. they have semantic CONTENT. Examples include lexical verbs (versus auxiliary verbs) and lexical noun phrases (versus non-lexical NPs, such as PRO). A similar contrast distinguishes lexical morphology from derivational MORPHOLOGY.

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	Author	volume	Date Value	title	type	journal	titleUrl	doi	note	year
2008 ADictionaryOfLinguisticsAndPhonetics	David Crystal			A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 6th edition			http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/display product info.jsp?isbn=9781405152976			2008