Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Vocabulary (pronunciation: /vəˈkæbjʊləri/) is a term that refers to all the words known and used by a particular person or group. The term originates from the Latin word vocabulum, meaning a word or name.

Etymology

The term vocabulary is derived from the Latin vocabulum, which means a word or name. It is a combination of vocare (to call) and -bulum (a suffix used to form nouns). The term was first used in English in the mid-16th century.

Related Terms

• Lexicon: A lexicon is the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge. In linguistics, a lexicon is a language's inventory of lexemes.

• Semantics: Semantics is the branch of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning. The two main areas are logical semantics, concerned with matters such as sense and reference and presupposition and implication, and lexical semantics, concerned with the analysis of word meanings and relations between them.

• Syntax: Syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

• Morphology (linguistics): Morphology is a branch of linguistics that studies the internal structure of words.

• Phonology: Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages.

See Also

• Language acquisition
• Linguistics
• Cognitive linguistics
• Psycholinguistics

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Vocabulary
• Wikipedia's article - Vocabulary

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