What is lexical?

Lexical refers to the words or the vocabulary of a language as distinguished from its grammar and construction.

• Concept module: lexical
• In overview module: Glossary (Literacy): L
• In modular book: Glossary of literacy terms
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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