Editing Word (section)

===Features===
In the [[Minimalist program|Minimalist]] school of [[theoretical syntax]], words (also called ''lexical items'' in the literature) are construed as "bundles" of [[feature (linguistics)|linguistic features]] that are united into a structure with form and meaning.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Adger |first=David |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50768042 |title=Core syntax: a minimalist approach |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-924370-0 |location=Oxford |oclc=50768042}}</ref>{{rp|36-37}} For example, the word "koalas" has semantic features (it denotes real-world objects, [[koala]]s), [[Lexical category|category]] features (it is a noun), [[Grammatical number|number]] features (it is plural and must agree with verbs, pronouns, and demonstratives in its domain), [[phonology|phonological]] features (it is pronounced a certain way), etc.