What is a lemma in linguistics?
Q: What is a lemma in linguistics?
A: A lemma is a word that stands at the head of a definition in a dictionary, and is also defined as "a base word and its inflections".
Q: What are all the head words in a dictionary considered?
A: All the head words in a dictionary are considered lemmas.
Q: What is a lexeme in linguistics?
A: A lexeme is a unit of meaning that can be more than one word, and is defined as the set of all forms that have the same meaning.
Q: How does a lemma relate to a lexeme?
A: A lemma refers to the particular form that is chosen by convention to represent the lexeme.
Q: Give an example of a lexeme in English.
A: The word "run" is a lexeme in English, and is represented by its various forms such as "runs" and "running".
Q: What is the lemma for the lexeme "run" in English?
A: The lemma for the lexeme "run" in English is the form of the word that is typically found in a dictionary, which is simply "run".
Q: Is it possible for a lexeme to have multiple lemmas in a language?
A: No, a lexeme can only have one lemma in a language.
