1964 E. A. Nida TowardSci. Transl. iii. 36Bloomfield..sought to define the semantic value of symbols in terms of lexico-behavioral distinctiveness.
1970 Lancaster & Gillespie in Ann. Rev. InformationSci. &Technol. V. 38The structure and uses of a large, dynamic controlled vocabulary for one-line implementation have been discussed by Harley and Lancaster... The authors have coined the term ‘lexicodynamics’ to express the concept of construction, maintenance, use and change of controlled vocabularies for IR purposes.
1953 Y. R. Chao in Language XXIX. 379 (title)Popular Chinese plant words, a descriptive lexico-grammatical study.
1964 E. A. Nida TowardSci. Transl. xi. 243In treating such lexico⁓grammatical features, both form and content must be dealt with, since special forms, e.g. poetry, liturgy, parables, proverbs, epigrams and epistolary formulae, are all important factors in determining meaning.
1971 Archivum Linguisticum II. 42 Valéry and also Eliot spoke, I believe, of their experience of composing first the formal rhythmic frame of a poem and letting the lexical and grammatical structures follow, but there are also discernible abstract arrangements of a lexico-grammatical order.
lexico-
word-forming element, from Latinized comb. form of Greek lexikos (see lexicon).
ORIGIN: Greek lexiko- , from lexikos : see lexicon , -o- .
lexico-
Prefix
- Used to form words pertaining to words or speech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).
Derived terms
English words prefixed with lexico-