The object of lexicology:- lexicology = lexis (word) + logos (learning)- lexicology – the part of linguistics dealing with the vocabulary and the properties of words as the main units of language- vocabulary = the system formed by the sum total of all the words of a language- word = the basic unit of a given language (resulting from the association of a particular meaning with a particular group of sounds capable of a particular gramm. employment) → a semantic, gramm. and phonological unit- a w...