leksikaala
Leksikaala is a theoretical term used in some linguistic traditions to refer to the study of lexicons—the inventories of words and related expressions in languages—and the systems that organize them. Broadly defined, leksikaala covers lexical items (words and fixed expressions), their meanings, forms, morphosyntactic behavior, etymologies, and the semantic and pragmatic relations among them. It sits near lexicology and lexicography, while also intersecting computational linguistics when lexical data are digitized and analyzed.
The scope of leksikaala includes how words are formed, extended, borrowed, and changed over time; how semantic
History and usage of the term vary. Leksikaala is not universally adopted as a separate discipline in
Applications of leksikaala include dictionary compilation and modernization, language documentation and revitalization projects, natural language processing,