Editing Word (section)

===Lexemes===
A word can be thought of as an item in a speaker's internal lexicon; this is called a [[lexeme]]. However, this may be different from the meaning in everyday speech of "word", since one lexeme includes all inflected forms. The lexeme {{Smallcaps|teapot}} refers to the singular ''teapot'' as well as the plural ''teapots''. There is also the question to what extent should inflected or compounded words be included in a lexeme, especially in agglutinative languages. For example, there is little doubt that in [[Turkish language|Turkish]] the lexeme for {{Smallcaps|house}} should include nominative singular ''ev'' and plural ''evler''. However, it is not clear if it should also encompass the word ''evlerinizden'' 'from your houses', formed through regular suffixation. There are also lexemes such as "black and white" or "do-it-yourself", which, although consisting of multiple words, still form a single collocation with a set meaning.{{r|Brown2005|p=13:618}}