Methods used in lexicological research

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Across
  1. 6. method studies words across time
  2. 7. method focuses on similarities between related languages.
  3. 8. In languages without a long written tradition, researchers often go directly into the field and record words from native speakers
Down
  1. 1. analysis studies words and phrases by rearranging them into other forms to check meaning and relationship.
  2. 2. Modern linguistics increasingly uses
  3. 3. digs deeper into the origin of words. English vocabulary is particularly rich because it has borrowed from many sources—Latin, French, Greek, Germanic, and even modern global borrowings.
  4. 4. method examines words at a certain stage of a language, usually in its modern state.
  5. 5. This method is sometimes called semantic decomposition. It breaks word meanings into small parts called semantic components or features.