[B-Greek] Lexemes, lemmata, and word forms
Beata Urbanek
baurbanek at op.pl
Fri Apr 22 15:44:06 EDT 2005
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From: "Ken Penner" <pennerkm at mcmaster.ca>
To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 9:00 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] Lexemes, lemmata, and word forms
Can I get a quick confirmation that I am using these words aright:
The dictionary form of a word (e.g., METERCOMAI μετέρχομαι) is called a
"lexeme" (though some call it a "lemma").
The inflected form of a word (e.g., METHLQEN μετῆλθεν) is called a "form" or
"word-form" (but not a "lemma" or "lexeme").
Ken Penner
McMaster
I thought as you do, but recently I've asked my friend who studied
literature and she told me that lexeme is an abstract term, and the basic
form of a word is a representation of lexeme, 'embodiment' of it in a
dictionary.
Beata Urbanek
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