MET 3 CHAPTER 8 NV

The word “computer” and the chunk “What I hate about Lima is…” are considered lexical items.

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Lexis refers to our “internal database” of words and complete “ready-made” fixed / semi-fixed / typical combinations of words that we can recall and use quite quickly without having to construct new phrases and sentences word by word from scratch using our knowledge of grammar.

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Some presentation techniques for lexis are: miming, drawing, acting, telling a personal anecdote, pointing to the object, and explaining the meaning with examples.

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A useful way to record lexical items is to use “word webs”, in which connections in meaning or use between different words are visually indicated in the structure of a diagram.

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Knowing a lexical item means knowing only how it is spelled, and what it means.

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Lexis includes longer combinations of words that are typically used together as if they were a single item (e.g. See you later, What we’re going to do is…) –commonly known as chunks or sometimes as multiword items.

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"Nice to meet you" is a...

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• chunk

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"It's a piece of cake" is a/an...

• single-word-item

• chunk

• collocation

• idiom

"go down, go up, go out, go straight" are all...

• single-word-items

• chunks

• collocations

• idioms

"summer, winter, spring, fall" are all...

• single-word-items

• chunks

• collocations

• idioms