Notes on Lexical Semantics and Pragmatics

Lexical Semantics and Larger Units of Meaning

Conceptual Meaning (Sense): Words possess a conceptual meaning, and understanding this involves considering how our mental vocabulary (lexicon) is structured.
Alphabetical Order: A boring and largely uninsightful way to organize words, though it might group prefixes naturally.
Natural Organization: Words are naturally organized in many relational ways, similar to a thesaurus which groups words into