LEXIS


Meaning of LEXIS in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But as I have shown, the function of grammar depends upon its being subservient to lexis .

But the composition of the lexis is not tackled.

In other words, lexis is put to the service of grammar.

The lexis , in this respect, acts upon the grammar.

The distinction between grammar and lexis which we used in the last chapter cuts across this distinction between levels.

The general issue arising here concerns the way in which lexis and grammar act upon each other in the determination of meaning.

The relationship between grammar and lexis Grammar, then, can be seen as a resource for the adaptation of lexis.

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