• [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. A lexical set is a group of words that share a particular phonological feature. A phoneme...
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  • In lexicography[citation needed], a lexical item is a single word, a part of a word, or a chain of words (catena) that forms the basic elements of a language's...
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  • Semantic field (redirect from Lexical field)
    In linguistics, a semantic field is a lexical set of words grouped semantically (by meaning) that refers to a specific subject. The term is also used...
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  • Lexical tokenization is conversion of a text into (semantically or syntactically) meaningful lexical tokens belonging to categories defined by a "lexer"...
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  • Look up lexical in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lexical may refer to: Lexical corpus or lexis, a complete set of all words in a language Lexical item...
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  • A pronounces the lexical set BATH with an [ɑː] as in the lexical set PALM, whereas a speaker of variety B pronounces the lexical set BATH with an [æ]...
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  • the pronunciation of many of these words, classified according to the lexical sets of John Wells: TRAP for /æ/, BATH for RP /ɑː/ vs. General American /æ/...
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  • Lexical semantics (also known as lexicosemantics), as a subfield of linguistic semantics, is the study of word meanings. It includes the study of how...
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  • mathematics, the lexicographic or lexicographical order (also known as lexical order, or dictionary order) is a generalization of the alphabetical order...
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    dictionary definition (lexical definition) for a specific purpose by including additional criteria. A precising definition narrows the set of things that meet...
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  • practice, with lexical scope a name is resolved by searching the local lexical context, then if that fails, by searching the outer lexical context, and...
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  • the terminology of John C. Wells, this consists of the merger of the lexical sets comma and letter. It is found in all or nearly all non-rhotic accents...
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  • In linguistics, lexical similarity is a measure of the degree to which the word sets of two given languages are similar. A lexical similarity of 1 (or...
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  • "round a" or "one-storey a" (ɑ) for the sound in "father" (lexical set PALM). But lexical set BATH (words such as "rather", "dance", and "half") patterns...
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    distinction in which certain words (labeled as the CLOTH lexical set) separated away from the LOT set. The split, which has now reversed in most British English...
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  • linguistics, lexicalization is the process of adding words, set phrases, or word patterns to a language's lexicon. Whether word formation and lexicalization refer...
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  • mergers. There are differing opinions as to whether /æ/ in the BATH lexical set can be considered RP. The pronunciations with /ɑː/ are invariably accepted...
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    his work on the Esperanto language and his invention of the standard lexical sets and the X-SAMPA phonetic script system. Wells earned his bachelor's degree...
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  • Lexeme (redirect from Lexical unit)
    A lexeme (/ˈlɛksiːm/ ) is a unit of lexical meaning that underlies a set of words that are related through inflection. It is a basic abstract unit of meaning...
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  • vowels in General SAE Height Unr. vowel Rnd. vowel Notes lexical set realization lexical set realization Close FLEECE [iː] GOOSE [yː] GOOSE may be central...
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  • various sizes. On the smaller end, the lexical approach refers to teaching practices where vocabulary learning sets the preliminary ground for further language...
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  • Variation in Australian closing diphthongs Phoneme Lexical set Phonetic realization Cultivated General Broad /iː/ FLEECE [ɪi] [ɪ̈i] [əːɪ] /ʉː/ GOOSE [ʊu]...
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  • excluding cases where the spelling represents the "long a" sound (the lexical sets of FACE /eɪ/ and perhaps SQUARE /ɛər/). This is commonly expressed by...
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  • in Ulster English as well, where CLOTH has a long vowel /ɔː/. Wells' lexical set NURSE corresponds to three separate Scottish phoneme sequences: /ɛr/...
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  • Part of speech (redirect from Lexical class)
    traditional scheme does—include word class, lexical class, and lexical category. Some authors restrict the term lexical category to refer only to a particular...
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  • separate lexical sets with the same grammar and phonology. Typically, the taboo lexical set has a one-to-many correspondence with the everyday set. For example...
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  • Glasgow dialect (category Language articles with 'no date' set)
    levelling towards GSE Differences between the two systems are mostly in lexical incidence. Many working-class speakers use the SSE system when reading...
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  • the north vowel (ör) is always listed for words belonging to the force lexical set, but the distinct force vowel (ōr) is not always given as an alternative...
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  • usage by Scots-speakers resulted in many phonological compromises and lexical transfers, often mistaken for mergers by linguists unfamiliar with the...
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  • General American, Theatre Standard promoted that the words in the CLOTH lexical set use the LOT vowel rather than the THOUGHT vowel. However, speakers trained...
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