ABSTRACT
When lexemes are used in dictionaries as HEADWORDS, they are cited in their CANONICAL
FORMS (e.g. in English, verbs in the bare infinitive [face] shorn of all grammatical inflections [face\d, face\s, fac\ing]). The meanings of lexemes are explained in the general dictionary by DEFINITIONS or in specialised reference works such as THESAURUSES or SYNONYM DICTIONARIES (in thematically grouped conceptual lists). AFFIX, HOMONYMY, LEMMATISATION, LEXICOLOGY, POLYSEMY, WORD FORMATION. Jackson 1988, Sinclair 1991, Svensén 1993, Gouws 1996.
