Lexical Verb
Definition:
A lexical verb is a member of the open class of verbs which form the primary verb vocabulary of a language.
Discussion:
The adjective lexical is applied generally to the vocabulary of a language, especially to distinguish content words from function words.
Examples:
(English)
The verb come in will be coming is a lexical verb.
Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.