Example sentences for: lexicon

How can you use “lexicon” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Besides the lexicon, grammar--especially syntax--has changed somewhat, too, though again not so much as to be incomprehensible to the average modern reader.

  • I think it patently silly to waste time trying to decide whether the Lexicon (note the capital L) of English is conceived of as a list of words or as a list of morphemes (meaningful elements that may stand alone or combine to form words) with a set of rules governing how the elements operate.

  • Exploring the Lexicon with Natives of North America

  • Of the 111 items that were dropped, 61 vanished in just two to five years, suggesting that the early years of a word's temporary admission to the English lexicon are the most critical.

  • The text is organized into ten chapters titled “The Lexicon for Bodily Effluvia, Sex, and Tabooed Body-Parts,” “Euphemisms in Addressing and Naming,” “Taboo Terms as Insults, Epithets, and Expletives,” and so on; without a word and phrase index, access to particular expressions is denied, thus reducing the usefulness of the work.


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