Leksikologija se često pojednostavljeno shvaća kao teorijska disciplina komplementarna praktičnome leksikografskom radu. U ovom se prilogu, prateći nove uzlete leksikologije u drugoj polovici 20. stoljeća, često na terenu i u službi drugih lingvističkih grana, pokušava jasnije naznačiti mjesto leksikologije u odnosu na leksikografsku teoriju i praksu te njezin odnos prema semantici i drugim područjima jezikoslovlja. Raspravlja se, u tom kontekstu, i o sve očitijem artikuliranje metaleksikografije, tj. leksikografske teorije, kao samosvojne lingvističke discipline.The second half of the 20th century has witnessed an increased interest in the lexical aspect of language. This has led to unprecedented and diversified research in the area of lexicon and vocabulary which traditionally belong to the domain of lexicology. The paper attempts to map out the interconnection between lexicology and adjacent or related disciplines, with special regard to the relation between lexicology and lexicography. The former has often been understood as a theoretical counterpart to practical lexicographic work, which is an oversimplified assumption, especially in the face of the recent development of the theory of lexicography into an integrated scientific discipline of its own
