Body: Scholars who research "Lexicology" look at words as individual items.
Some questions in "Lexicology" involve their nature and function as symbols, the rules of their composition, and the relations between words.
Dr Johnson, Damaso Alonso, Roland Barthes are some authorities of "Lexicology".
Some motivations are understand the use and functions of words, to explore the origins of words, and to form definitions of both simple and complex words.