Lexicography What Dictionaries Reveal About Language and Dictionary Makers
Lexicography What Dictionaries Reveal About Language and Dictionary Makers
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Introduction: Lexicography means Something about writing and words.
Organization of dictionaries :
PRONUNCIATION :
1. Syntax is the aspect of our grammar that describes how words can make up phrases,
clauses, and sentences.
2. Transitive verbs are those that take an object noun phrase, while intransitive verbs
cannot take an object.
MORPHOLOGY :
1. Morphology is the study of word formation and the creation of words from roots and
affixes.
2. All these parts of a word, adding meaning to the full word are called morphemes.
3. Prefixes; which attach to the front of the root.
4. Suffixes; which attach to the end of the root.
5. Good dictionaries will also list major prefixes and suffixes.
6. Homonyms; words that sound the same and are spelled the same but which differ in
meaning.
7.