lexicons
Vocabulary reference books
Lexicons is the plural of lexicon, meaning vocabularies or dictionaries.
A lexicon can be the complete set of words in a language, the vocabulary of a particular field the lexicon of law, or a reference book listing words with their meanings.
In linguistics, a speaker's mental lexicon is their internal word-store—all the words they know and can use.
Alphabetical word reference
- thesaurusSynonym and antonym compendium
- encyclopediaComprehensive subject-matter collection
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
- wordbookCompiled vocabulary reference
compendium · unabridged · index · reference · definition · entry · headword · pronunciation
Study of linguistic meaning
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- etymologyWord origin study
pragmatics · philology · orthography · lexeme · polysemy · denotation · connotation · semiotics
Units of language
- terminologySubject-specific vocabulary
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- argotGroup-specific coded speech
cant · neologism · loanwords · cognates · synonyms · antonyms · homonyms · acronyms
Proficiency in two languages
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- lingua francaShared tongue between peoples
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- patoisRegional informal speech
creole · pidgin · dialect · slang · colloquialisms · regional · indigenous · classical
dictionary
Alphabetical word reference
- thesaurusSynonym and antonym compendium
- encyclopediaComprehensive subject-matter collection
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
wordbook · compendium · unabridged · index · reference · definition · entry · headword · pronunciation · usage
semantics
Study of linguistic meaning
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- phonologyScience of language sounds
etymology · pragmatics · philology · orthography · lexeme · polysemy · denotation · connotation · semiotics · phonetics
words
Units of language
- terminologySubject-specific vocabulary
- jargonSpecialized professional vocabulary
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
argot · cant · neologism · loanwords · cognates · synonyms · antonyms · homonyms · acronyms · idioms
bilingualism
Proficiency in two languages
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- lingua francaShared tongue between peoples
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
patois · creole · pidgin · dialect · slang · colloquialisms · regional · indigenous · classical · literary
- dictionariesdictionary, dictionaries, definitions, definition, entries
- language referencesdictionary, thesaurus, dictionaries, glossary, thesauri
- reference booksdictionary, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri
- reference worksencyclopedia, encyclopedias, handbook, dictionaries, reference book
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
lexiconswordlessness
Lacking verbal expression
silence · muteness · speechlessness · aphasia
- historical lexiconDictionary of past terminology
lexicon, lexicography, lexicographer, lexicology, lexicographers, lexicographical