A Piece of Linguistics : Lexicology

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Assalamu'alaikum wr. wb my beloved readers. In this post, I want to tell you about one of the branches in the Linguistic called Lexicology. Do you want to know it ? Let's check it out !!

                    The term lexis refers to the vocabulary (words with the meaning content) of a language, each itself being reffered to as a lexeme or lexical item. The entire range of lexical items in language is known as its lexicon.

            So, lexicology is a study of the vocabulary of a language and the development of its lexicon. Lexicology is used when we want to make a dictionary like Oxford Dictionary or Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia.

            FYI, there is a difference between morpheme, lexeme, and also sememe. Let’s see !!

	Morpheme	Lexeme	Sememe
Eye	(i)                Noun – naming an object/thing. (ii)             Verb – a doing word describing an action.	Organs with which we see to look at closely, carefully.	(i)                The hole in a sewing needle, etc (ii)             Quiet centre of a storm
Hand	(i)                Noun – naming an object/thing. (ii)             Verb – a doing word dscribing an action.	The moveable part of the body at the end of the arm to give from one’s own hand.	(i)                The moving pointer on a clock, etc. (ii)             To admit success.

            So, morpheme is a grammatical word. Then, lexeme is a meaning word. And last, sememe is an extended meaning word.

A.    Lexical Decomposition

Lexical decomposition is a means of characterizing the detail lexical features of a word. Let’s see the example below !!

Kitten – young, four legged, animate, living.

Puppy – young, four legged, animate, living.

Baby – young, two legged, human, living.

We can see commonality of them, right ?

B.    Collocation

Collocation refers to the co-occurrence possibility or compability of a word with other words. For the example, black coffee, black board, black box.

C.    Denotation and Connotation

Denotation refers to the strict definition of a word, the class of things denoted by a word. In Indonesia, it also called as “makna sebenarnya”. For the example, mother. It means as female parent.

Connotation goes into the extralinguistic associations and overtones of meanings of words. In Indonesia, it also called as ”makna tak sebenarnya”. For example, if in denotation flower means part of a plant. In connotation, it means a girl (usually in Bahasa).

References

Baskaran, Loga Mahesan. 2005. A Linguistic Primer for Malaysians. Kuala Lumpur : University Malaya Press.

   So, that is Lexicology. I'm sorry if I have mistake and typo. Thankyou for joining and visiting. Also, thankyou karena sudah mau berkorban kuota for visiting my blog. Keep learning !!! Wassalamu'alaikum wr. wb. See you at the next postingan :)