Morphology (the Lexicon)
The Lexicon (dictionary) is a list of all recognizable words
Naive approach, just list them
Redundancy problem
- inconsequentially is probably best stored as a variant of the root word consequent, along with a note that it was negated, and the fact that it is an adverb
Additional information required
- part of speech (rock is both a noun and a verb)
- singular or plural (nouns)
- tense (verb)
- can the verb take an object? (hit versus cried)
Some typical lexicon entries
- (glasses (n (agr p) (root glass))
- (detonate (v (tense present) (object t)))
- (explode (v (tense present) (object t) (root detonate)))