Lemmas and lexemes
"A similar concept is the https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemma_(linguistics) (or citation form). It is the form of a lexeme which is chosen to represent the lexeme, for example, runinstead of the other forms. Lemmas are used in dictionaries as the headwords. Other forms of a lexeme are usually listed later in the entry. So all headwords in a dictionary are lexemes." (Wikipedia.)
Aren't sentences Lemmas are used in dictionaries as the headwords and So all headwords in a dictionary are lexemes confusing in the paragraph above? Is a headword both lemma and lexeme?
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anonymous Aren't sentences Lemmas are used in dictionaries as the headwords and So all headwords in a dictionary are lexemes confusing in the paragraph above? No, that makes sense to me. anonymous Is a headword both lemma and lexeme?
- anonymous Aren't sentences Lemmas are used in dictionaries as the headwords and So all headwords in a dictionary are lexemes confusing in the paragraph above?
- No, that makes sense to me.
- anonymous Is a headword both lemma and lexeme?
- Yes.
- All lemmas are lexemes, but not all lexemes are lemmas.
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anonymousAren't sentences Lemmas are used in dictionaries as the headwords and So all headwords in a dictionary are lexemes confusing in the paragraph above?
No, that makes sense to me.
anonymousIs a headword both lemma and lexeme?
Yes. All lemmas are lexemes, but not all lexemes are lemmas.
'Run' is a lemma
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