Sep 27, 2016 · A lexeme is a lemma (what you called a “ 'base' word ”) plus its inflected forms. In linguistic articles, you often find lexemes displayed as the lemma in small capital letters.

Jul 23, 2023 · Per Etymonline: "Bank" as in the side of a river comes ultimately from the Proto-Germanic root * bankon, meaning "slope." "Bank" as in the financial institution ultimately comes from the …

Oct 7, 2016 · This is one of the reasons Professor Crystal coined the term 'lexeme' for 'string comprising a unit of meaning', like these two: {run, runs, ran, running}; {kick the bucket} (when meaning 'die'). …

The diachronic (what means historical in linguistic) process of forming a new single word from a fixed expression of several words is called univerbation. In more pedantic words, a linguist may define …

Aug 8, 2015 · I would say lexemes are entries in a dictionary and morphemes are elements of word formation and grammatical endings. The theories about morphemes have become inflated in a way …

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Jan 31, 2025 · ODE (courtesy of Google) has << interjection an exclamation, especially as a part of speech (e.g. ah!, dear me!) >> which seems to leave the issue unclear (and perhaps adds the further …

Mar 12, 2025 · Considering this (common) phenomenon especially as it occurs at the lexeme level, this is circular definition. A circular definition is one in which the definiendum is defined in terms of itself.

Mar 15, 2020 · In the examples above, there is no difference between "you two" and "you both". In practice, nobody would notice any difference in meaning whichever phrase you used. The long …

Apr 24, 2020 · I don't think it's British/ American distinction. Tradeable and tradable are the same word having the same meaning. The suffix -able is often added to verbs (and sometimes nouns) to make …