lexically
Regarding vocabulary terms
Lexically means in terms of words or vocabulary, as opposed to grammar, sound, or meaning.
Linguists distinguish lexical from syntactic analysis: The two sentences are lexically identical but differ in stress.
In computing, lexical analysis breaks text into tokens.
The word appears mainly in technical discussions of language.
Alphabetical word reference
- definitionStatement of meaning
- entryAccess or submission
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
- thesaurusSynonym and antonym compendium
wordbook · headword · lemma · citation · usage · pronunciation · spelling · unabridged
What something signifies
- denotationWord's explicit dictionary meaning
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- polysemyWord having related meanings
- homonymyIdentical sound, different meanings
synonymy · antonymy · ambiguity · sense · referent · signification · implication · inference
Smallest meaningful language unit
- phonemeMinimal distinctive sound unit
- graphemeMinimal written symbol unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- inflectionWord form alteration
paradigm · word formation · affixation · compounding · derivational · inflectional · root word
Starting point or source
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
- suffixWord-ending addition
- affixWord-part modifier
stem · base · morpheme · etymon · cognate · derivation · borrowing · loanword
Rules for arranging words
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
pragmatics · sociolinguistics · psycholinguistics · neurolinguistics · dialectology · language acquisition · bilingualism · structuralism
dictionary
Alphabetical word reference
- definitionStatement of meaning
- entryAccess or submission
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
thesaurus · wordbook · headword · lemma · citation · usage · pronunciation · spelling · unabridged · abridged
meaning
What something signifies
- denotationWord's explicit dictionary meaning
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- polysemyWord having related meanings
homonymy · synonymy · antonymy · ambiguity · sense · referent · signification · implication · inference · interpretation
morpheme
Smallest meaningful language unit
- phonemeMinimal distinctive sound unit
- graphemeMinimal written symbol unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
inflection · paradigm · word formation · affixation · compounding · derivational · inflectional · root word
origin
Starting point or source
affix · stem · base · morpheme · etymon · cognate · derivation · borrowing · loanword · proto-language
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- phonologyScience of language sounds
phonetics · pragmatics · sociolinguistics · psycholinguistics · neurolinguistics · dialectology · language acquisition · bilingualism · structuralism · descriptivism
lexicallyphonetically
By sound representation
phonologically · syntactically · grammatically · morphologically · semantically
- lexical semanticsStudy of word meaning
- lexical analysisCharacter-to-token conversion process