different between lexicology vs lexicography

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (lexikós, “of words”), from ????? (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from ?????? (légein, “to speak”); synchronically, lexico- +? -logy.

Noun

lexicology (countable and uncountable, plural lexicologies)

1. (uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
   • 1949 Journal of Theological Studies

     The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.

2. (countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.

Derived terms

• lexicological
• lexicologically
• lexicologist

Related terms

• lexical
• lexicography
• lexicon

Translations

See also

• semantics

English

Etymology

From lexico- (prefix meaning ‘speech; words’) +? -graphy (suffix meaning ‘something written about a specified subject’).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?ks??k????fi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?ks??k????fi/, /-s?-/
• Hyphenation: lex?i?co?gra?phy

Noun

lexicography (countable and uncountable, plural lexicographies)

1. (uncountable) The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
2. (uncountable, linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
3. (countable) A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.

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References

Further reading

• lexicography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia