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Vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge
A lexicon is the vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge. In linguistics, a lexicon is a language's inventory of lexemes. The word lexicon derives from Greek word λεξικόν, neuter of λεξικός meaning 'of or for words'. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: LexiconA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: An expanded lexicon for the ubiquitin codeInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: A Greek-English LexiconThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Lexicon-Based Methods for Sentiment AnalysisCited 2,293 times
- Go sideways: LexemeA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Morphology (linguistics)A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The vocabulary of a language.
Noun A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
Noun A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
Noun The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Lexicon-Based Methods for Sentiment Analysis
A lexicon for endoscopic adverse events: report of an ASGE workshop
The English Lexicon Project
CROWDSOURCING A WORD–EMOTION ASSOCIATION LEXICON
Revising the definition of Alzheimer's disease: a new lexicon
Proposed Lexicon for Anatomic Landmarks in Normal Posterior Segment Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
An expansive human regulatory lexicon encoded in transcription factor footprints
Regular morphology and the lexicon
🆕 Influential since 2022
An expanded lexicon for the ubiquitin code
Sentiment analysis using Twitter data: a comparative application of lexicon- and machine-learning-based approach
Sentiment Analysis of Text Reviews Using Lexicon-Enhanced Bert Embedding (LeBERT) Model with Convolutional Neural Network
Lexicon-Based vs. Bert-Based Sentiment Analysis: A Comparative Study in Italian
Sentiment analysis on Bangla text using extended lexicon dictionary and deep learning algorithms
📚 Books worth reading
A Greek-English LexiconHenry George Liddell, Robert Scott · 1843
Handlexikon zur RechtswissenschaftAxel Görlitz · 1972
Alexander Dictionary of English IdiomsM. Harrison · 1996- 📕Lexicon LithuanicumVincentas Drotvinas, Adolfas Ivaškevičius · 1987
- 📕Science and superstition in the eighteenth centuryPhilip Shorr · 1932
Words in the mindAitchison, Jean · 1987
Words in the MindJean Aitchison · 2002
Indexes to All Editions of Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon and Thayer's Greek LexiconMaurice A. Robinson · 1981
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
- Lexeme 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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- Phono-semantic matching Phono-semantic matching (PSM) is the incorporation of a word into one language from another, often creating a neologism, where the word's non-native quality…
- Lexicalization In linguistics, lexicalization is the process of adding words, set phrases, or word patterns to a language's lexicon. Whether word formation and lexicalization…
- Word A word is a basic element of language that carries meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. Despite the fact that language speakers often…
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- Lemma (morphology) In morphology and lexicography, a lemma (pl.: lemmas or lemmata) is the canonical form, dictionary form, or citation form of a set of word forms. In English…
- Affix In linguistics, an affix is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form. The two main categories are derivational and inflectiona…