Definitions
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- noun The total set of words in a language as distinct from morphology; vocabulary.
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- noun linguistics The set of all words and phrases in a
language . - noun The
vocabulary used by awriter
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- noun all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function
Etymologies
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Another possibility is that an innovation may represent a shift in the meaning of an older word previously in speakers 'lexis, which is sometimes prompted by new developments in social structure or technologies.
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And Michael was working on the idea that there was a highly productive seam of collocationally powerful ‘mid-frequency’ lexis that was ripe for investigation.
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But there is no mistaking her desire to reclaim the Anglo-Saxon lexis of food—and the staples of the Anglo-Saxon diet.
Anglo-Saxon On the Menu Henry Hitchings 2011
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It would be interesting if you dissected the overall plot in this way; Meyer commits just as many crimes on a large scale, as in the finer details such as lexis.
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It has to be a lexis shaped by the influence appropriate in the context and situation, the proper morphology, word order or prosody etc.
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It seemed to me that an over-emphasis on lexis at the expense of grammar would exacerbate this tendency.
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It was Michael Lewis who was the first to popularize the view that “language consists of grammaticalized lexis, not lexicalized grammar” (1993, p. 34).
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And Michael was working on the idea that there was a highly productive seam of collocationally powerful ‘mid-frequency’ lexis that was ripe for investigation.
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Yes, the pattern grammar analyses that Hunston & Francis have done has added a signifcant new dimension to the grammar-lexis interface (well, not so new, since Hornby had popularised verb patterns in the 1950s but then they fell into disrepute, having become associated with pattern practice drills).
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It was Michael Lewis who was the first to popularize the view that “language consists of grammaticalized lexis, not lexicalized grammar” (1993, p. 34).
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