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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But as I have shown, the function of grammar depends upon its being subservient to lexis .
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But the composition of the lexis is not tackled.
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In other words, lexis is put to the service of grammar.
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The lexis , in this respect, acts upon the grammar.
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The distinction between grammar and lexis which we used in the last chapter cuts across this distinction between levels.
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The general issue arising here concerns the way in which lexis and grammar act upon each other in the determination of meaning.
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The relationship between grammar and lexis Grammar, then, can be seen as a resource for the adaptation of lexis.