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Words and dictionaries
- Word: Built by one or more morphemes to express something.
- Simple Words
- Complex words
- Native Speakers learn their mother tongue without studying the language.
- Dictionary: collect all the words of the language and explain their meaning.
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Example of dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary On-line
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The problem
- Dictionaries do not list all the words in any language.
- Include words invented on purpose to protect their own
Copyright
- They do not correct or encode the words
of a language
- Mental Lexicon: Words represented in our minds
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