Lexicology

A good example of lexicology at work, and one everyone is familiar with, is the Dictionary or Thesaurus .
As there are many different types of dictionaries, there are many different types of lexicologists. There are difficulties is working out what simple words such as 'the' mean, and what complicated words mean. Also which words to keep in and which not to include.

Noted Lexicologists:

Damaso Alonso, (Oct. 22, 1898-) Spanish literary critic and lexicologist

Roland Barthes , (Nov. 12, 1915-Mar. 25, 1980) French writer, critic and lexicologist

Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Pierre Larousse (1817-1875)

Noah Webster (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843)

Bibliography:

''Words, Meaning, and Vocabulary: An Introduction to Modern English Lexicology,'' (ed. H. Jackson); ISBN 0304703966

''Toward a Functional Lexicology'', (ed. G. Wotjak); ISBN 0820435260

''Lexicology, Semantics, and Lexicography'', (ed. J. Coleman); ISBN 1556199724

Societies:

Association for Automatic Language Processing (ATALA), Paris, France http://www.atala.org

International Training in Communication (ITC) http://www.itcintl.com

International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Minneapolis, MN http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/aila

EXTERNAL LINKS

SIL glossary letter 'L' - glossary of linguistic terms

Onomasiology Online - website dedicated predominantly to historical lexicology (ed. by Joachim Grzega)

Compare to Lexicography , Lexeme

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