Lexicology

study of the lexicon or lexis. about meaning and usage of words. tries to find relations

concerned with writing. not so much concerned about structure of words and relations

lexeme is a lexicon entry. Can have different meanings

e.g.: fox, wing, bank

lexical units are the different meanings of a lexeme

e.g.: fox --> animal, person who is clever, skin of a fox

what comes under lexeme in dictionary entry

words that are different in form but can be used synonymously.

Meaning is similar

e.g.: jail and prison

same set of characters but diefferent unrelated meanings

same spelling but different meaning

e.g.: jail as noun,  jail as verb

string of characters has different but related meanings

e.g.: wing (bird, plane, building) bank(to sit on, to get money from)

morpheme can be dropped

e.g.: sheep --> sheep, cook --> cook