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L

labelled bracketing

A way of representing the internal structure of words using square brackets to mark the base of each word contained within.

lexeme

The basic form of the word that we usually find in the dictionary.

lexical word classes

The main four parts of speech that are high in meaning (noun, verb, adjectif, adverb).