NOUN | cognition | lexicology | the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language |
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Meaning | The branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language. | |
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Narrower | onomastics | The branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names |
toponymy, toponomy | The branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language | |
Broader | linguistics, philology | The humanistic study of language and literature |
Spanish | lexicología | |
Catalan | lexicologia | |
Nouns | lexicologist | a compiler or writer of a dictionary |
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