lexis
See also: Lexis
English
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech, word”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛksɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛksəs
Noun
[edit]lexis (countable and uncountable, plural lexises or lexes or lexeis)
- (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.
- 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 249:
- Thus, alongside current lexis, words and senses now obsolete find a place in a dictionary on historical principles.
- (pedagogy, TEFL) Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.
- 2014, Paul Lindsay, Teaching English Worldwide, page 346:
- By the 1980s, English language teachers generally had begun to realize that there had been a neglect of lexis in teaching methods and coursebooks. […] The basic truth that without vocabulary or lexis we can't express anything had to be restated and a new approach to teaching lexis was needed.
- The vocabulary used by a writer.
- In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand.
Coordinate terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- dyslexia
- hyperlexia
- lexiplacy, lexoplacy (word-coining, word-creation)
- lexon
Related terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫɛk.sɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛk.sis]
Noun
[edit]lexis f (genitive lexis or lexeōs or lexios); third declension
- a word
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lexis | lexēs lexeis |
| genitive | lexis lexeōs lexios |
lexium |
| dative | lexī | lexibus |
| accusative | lexim lexin lexem1 |
lexīs lexe͡is |
| ablative | lexī lexe1 |
lexibus |
| vocative | lexis lexi |
lexēs lexeis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lexis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lexis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lexis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lexis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis).
Noun
[edit]lexis n (plural lexise)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | lexis | lexisul | lexise | lexisele | |
| genitive-dative | lexis | lexisului | lexise | lexiselor | |
| vocative | lexisule | lexiselor | |||
References
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