lexonn.
/ˈlɛksɒn/ Linguistics.
In stratificational grammar, an element of lexicon, one or more of which combined may constitute a lexeme. Cf. morphon n.2, phonon n., semon n.
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wordOE
diction1416
vocable1440
phrase1552
accent?1553
whid1567
vowel1578
mot1591
accenty1600
quatcha1635
verba1716
verbalism1787
word1825
word1843
dicky1893
vocabulary item1916
monolog1929
dicky bird1932
word-type1936
lexical item1964
lexon1964
1964 S. M. Lamb in Romney & Andrade Transcultural Stud. in Cognition (Amer. Anthropologist: special publication) The elementary units of which the phoneme, the morpheme, the lexeme, and the sememe are composed may be called the phonon, the morphon, the lexon, and the semon respectively.
1966 S. M. Lamb Outl. Stratificational Gram. 58 A lexon may be symbolized by the same symbol (except for the brackets) as is used for its morphemic realization.
1968 P. M. Postal Aspects Phonol. Theory viii. 200 On the next or lexemic stratum there is one lexeme which is of maximally simple structure, i.e. consists of a single lexon..which, it must be emphasized, is a single unanalyzable symbol.
1976 Language 52 238 A lexemic idiom..contains lexons which are themselves lexemes in other environments.
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leˈxonic adj.
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verbal1605
lexonic1966
1966 S. M. Lamb Outl. Stratificational Gram. ii. 23 When a lexonic ordering is of elements belonging to different morphotactic classes, e.g. verb stem and verb suffix, it is up to the morphotactics to determine their relative order.
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