06 January 2011

Lexicon | Define Lexicon at Dictionary.com

Lexicon | Define Lexicon at Dictionary.com: "lex·i·con   
[lek-si-kon, -kuhn] Show IPA
–noun, plural lex·i·ca  
[lek-si-kuh] Show IPA
, lex·i·cons.
1.
a wordbook or dictionary, esp. of Greek, Latin, or Hebrew.
2.
the vocabulary of a particular language, field, social class, person, etc.
3.
inventory or record: unparalleled in the lexicon of human relations.
4.
Linguistics .
a.
the total inventory of morphemes in a given language.
b.
the inventory of base morphemes plus their combinations with derivational morphemes."