Lexical semanticsSemantics ofprogramming languagesLanguageLinguisticsLexical semantics (also known as lexicosemantics), as a subfield of linguisticsemantics, is the study of word meanings. It includes the study of how words structure their meaning, how they act in grammar and compositionality, and the relationships between the distinct senses and uses of a word.
Unpaired wordAn unpaired word is one that, according to the usual rules of the language, would appear to have a related word but does not. Such words usually have a prefix or suffix that would imply that there is an antonym, with the prefix or suffix being absent or opposite. If the prefix or suffix is negative, such as 'dis-' or '-less', the word can be called an orphaned negative.
Level of measurementLevel of measurement or scale of measure is a classification that describes the nature of information within the values assigned to variables. Psychologist Stanley Smith Stevens developed the best-known classification with four levels, or scales, of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.Converse (semantics)In linguistics, converses or relational antonyms are pairs of words that refer to a relationship from opposite points of view, such as parent/child or borrow/lend. The relationship between such words is called a converse relation. Converses can be understood as a pair of words where one word implies a relationship between two objects, while the other implies the existence of the same relationship when the objects are reversed.LexiconA lexicon (pl. lexicons, rarely lexica) is the vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge (such as nautical or medical). In linguistics, a lexicon is a language's inventory of lexemes. The word lexicon derives from Greek word λεξικόν (lexikon), neuter of λεξικός (lexikos) meaning 'of or for words'.Accidental gapIn linguistics, an accidental gap, also known as a gap, paradigm gap, accidental lexical gap, lexical gap, lacuna, or hole in the pattern, is a potential word, word sense, morpheme, or other form that does not exist in some language despite being theoretically permissible by the grammatical rules of that language. For example, a word pronounced is theoretically possible in English, as it would obey English phonological rules, but does not currently exist.Esperanto vocabularyThe original word base of Esperanto contained around 900 root words and was defined in Unua Libro ("First Book"), published by L. L. Zamenhof in 1887. In 1894, Zamenhof published the first Esperanto dictionary, ("International Dictionary"), which was written in five languages and supplied a larger set of root words, adding 1740 new words.
NewspeakIn the 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984), by George Orwell, Newspeak is the fictional language of Oceania, a totalitariansuperstate. To meet the ideological requirements of Ingsoc (English Socialism) in Oceania, the Party created Newspeak, a controlled language of simplified grammar and restricted vocabulary designed to prevent people from being able to think critically.DaminDamin (Demiin in the practical orthography of Lardil) is a ceremonial language register formerly used by the advanced initiated men of the Aboriginal Lardil (Leerdil in the practical orthography) and Yangkaal peoples of northern Australia. Both peoples inhabit islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, the Lardil on Mornington Island, the largest island of the Wellesley Islands, and the Yangkaal on the Forsyth Islands. Their languages belong to the Tangkic language family.
ContronymA contronym is a word with two opposite meanings. For example, the word clip can mean "attach", as in paperclip, or "cut off", as in "clip the hedges". Since a contronym has at least two meanings, it is by definition polysemic. LinguisticsEtymologyThe word combines the prefix contr(a)- (from the Latin contrā) and the suffix -onym (from international scientific vocabulary). It was coined in 1962 by Jack Herring.
Logical consequenceLogical consequence (also entailment or logical implication) is a fundamental concept in logic which describes the relationship between statements that hold true when one statement logically follows from one or more statements. A valid logical argument is one in which the conclusion is entailed by the premises, because the conclusion is the consequence of the premises.commandRelated word or term.firmlyRelated word or term.cleaveRelated word or term.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.