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Lexicology (from Gr lexis ‘word’ and logos ‘learning’) is the part of linguistics dealing with the vocabulary of the language and the properties of words as the main units of language.
The term vocabulary is used to denote the system formed by the sum total of all the words and word equivalents that the language possesses.
The term word denotes the basic unit of a given language resulting from the association of a particular meaning with a particular group of sounds capable of a particular grammatical employment. A word therefore is simultaneously a semantic, grammatical and phonological unit.
Exercise 8.
Read the following jokes and say what linguistic phenomenon they are based on. A Scotchman was going on an excursion to New York. He han-dled the agent a ten-dollar bill as the agent called "Change at Jersey City". " No jokes now - I want my change right away," said the frightened Scotch-man.
She: Now that we're engaged, dear, you'll give me a ring, won't you ? He: Yes, dear, certainly. What's your telephone number ?
"When rain falls, does it ever get up again?" "Yes, in dew time!"
"What's the difference between soldiers and girls?" "The soldier faces powder. Girls powder faces".