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Introduction

The term “lexicology” is of Greek origin / from “lexis” - “word” and “logos” - “science”/ . Lexicology is the part of linguistics which deals with the vocabulary and characteristic features of words and word-groups.

The term “vocabulary” is used to denote the system of words and word-groups that the language possesses.