'Lexicology' definitions:
Definition of 'lexicology'
(from WordNet)
noun
The branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language
Definition of 'Lexicology'
From: GCIDE
- Lexicology \Lex`i*col"o*gy\ (l[e^]ks`[i^]*k[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. lexiko`n lexicon + -logy: cf. F. lexicologie.] The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lexicology'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bowwow theory,
- comparative linguistics,
- derivation,
- descriptive linguistics,
- dialectology,
- dingdong theory,
- etymology,
- glossematics,
- glossography,
- glossology,
- glottochronology,
- glottology,
- grammar,
- graphemics,
- historical linguistics,
- language study,
- lexicography,
- lexicostatistics,
- lexigraphy,
- linguistic geography,
- linguistic science,
- linguistics,
- mathematical linguistics,
- morphology,
- morphophonemics,
- onomasiology,
- onomastics,
- onomatology,
- paleography,
- philology,
- phonetics,
- phonology,
- psycholinguistics,
- semantics,
- semasiology,
- semiotic,
- semiotics,
- significs,
- sociolinguistics,
- structuralism,
- syntactics,
- transformational linguistics