how to pronounce lexicography

/ˌlɛk.sɪˈkɒɡ.ɹə.fi/

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lexicography is pronounced in five syllables

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lɛksɪkɒɡɹəfi

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meanings of lexicography

noun:

  1. The art or craft of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.
  2. The scholarly discipline of analysing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.
  3. A dictionary, a lexicon, a wordbook.

lexicography frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lexicography occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lexicography can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lexicography can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

words with pronunciation similar to lexicography

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