Native speakers have intuitive knowledge of how to form new words in their language.

• A) Native speakers have intuitive knowledge of how to form new words in their language.
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Morphology is not equally prominent in all (spoken) languages.

• A) Morphology is not equally prominent in all (spoken) languages.
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A lexeme is a word in an abstract sense. E.g.,‘live’ is a verb lexeme. It represents the core meaning shared by forms such as live, lives, lived, and living.

• A) A lexeme is a word in an abstract sense. E.g.,‘live’ is a verb lexeme. It represents the core meaning shared by forms such as live, lives, lived, and living.
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In most languages, dictionaries are organized according to lexemes, so it is usually reasonable to think of a lexeme as a dictionary word. We need to think about how dictionaries come to be, and how much we credit them with the authority to decide what a word is.

• A) In most languages, dictionaries are organized according to lexemes, so it is usually reasonable to think of a lexeme as a dictionary word. We need to think about how dictionaries come to be, and how much we credit them with the authority to decide what a word is.
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Neither lexicographers nor the dictionaries they create are infallible.

• A) Neither lexicographers nor the dictionaries they create are infallible.
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On one hand, dictionaries do not list all the words of any language.

• A) On one hand, dictionaries do not list all the words of any language.
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They cannot list all derivatives with living prefixes and suffixes, or all technical, scientific, regional, or slang words.

• A) They cannot list all derivatives with living prefixes and suffixes, or all technical, scientific, regional, or slang words.
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On the other hand, they sometimes include words used only once whose meanings are completely unknown - or the items we might hesitate to call words.

• A) On the other hand, they sometimes include words used only once whose meanings are completely unknown - or the items we might hesitate to call words.
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Mental Lexicon For the most part, dictionaries do not fix or codify the words of a language, but rather reflect the words that native speakers use.

• A) Mental Lexicon For the most part, dictionaries do not fix or codify the words of a language, but rather reflect the words that native speakers use.
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Those words are encoded in what we will call the mental lexicon, the sum total of word knowledge that native speakers carry around in their heads.

• A) Those words are encoded in what we will call the mental lexicon, the sum total of word knowledge that native speakers carry around in their heads.
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This includes information about pronunciation, category, meaning, syntactic properties, level of formality, and the specific conditions under which we might use the word.

• A) This includes information about pronunciation, category, meaning, syntactic properties, level of formality, and the specific conditions under which we might use the word.
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speaking six-year-old knows 10,000 words, and the average high-school graduate knows around 60,000 words. (The average English)

• A) The average English
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Mental lexicon is not organized alphabetically like a dictionary

• A) Mental lexicon is not organized alphabetically like a dictionary
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Dictionary Entries Core and other words (Murray et al., 1888). Common Words occur in all registers of English, e.g., mother, dog, and walk.

• A) Dictionary Entries Core and other words (Murray et al., 1888). Common Words occur in all registers of English, e.g., mother, dog, and walk.
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Literary Words recognized when we read, but would not necessarily be used in daily conversation, e.g., omnipotent, etc.

• A) Literary Words recognized when we read, but would not necessarily be used in daily conversation, e.g., omnipotent, etc.
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Colloquial Words are used frequently in spoken language, but far less frequently in written or formal language, for example, grubby, etc. Nobody would dispute the place of core words in the dictionary. Deciding which of these uncommon words merit inclusion in the dictionary is a judgment call, the size of the dictionary, its intended audience, etc. It is difficult to pin down all words in a pervasive language similar to English.

• A) Colloquial Words are used frequently in spoken language, but far less frequently in written or formal language, for example, grubby, etc. Nobody would dispute the place of core words in the dictionary. Deciding which of these uncommon words merit inclusion in the dictionary is a judgment call, the size of the dictionary, its intended audience, etc. It is difficult to pin down all words in a pervasive language similar to English.
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Kinds of Morphemes Free and Bound Morphemes

• A) Kinds of Morphemes Free and Bound Morphemes
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A free morpheme can stand alone as a word and does not need anything attached to it to make a word

• A) A free morpheme can stand alone as a word and does not need anything attached to it to make a word
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Morphemes with definitions outside the language. (Lexical/Content Morphemes)

• A) Lexical/Content Morphemes
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A set of ordinary nouns, adjectives and verbs carry the “content” of the messages we convey,

• A) A set of ordinary nouns, adjectives and verbs carry the “content” of the messages we convey,
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