Lexis

Question 1

Lexicon: aka Lexical aspects.

Answer 1

Those aspects of a language which relate to words.

• Greek word means dictionary.
• Based on term Lexis.

Question 2

Lexis:

Answer 2

• Means word

- Is used as a a collective expression in linguistic terminology in reference to vocabulary.

Question 3

Lexicology:

Answer 3

The study of Lexis and Lexicon.

Question 4

How many branches is grammar viewed to have:

Answer 4

Two. Syntax and morphology.

Question 5

Syntax means:

Answer 5

The arrangement of words in sentences, clauses, and phrases, and the study of the formation of sentences and the relationship of their component parts.

Question 6

Word Token:

Answer 6

The total number of words in a text.
-Example:
The phrase ‘going, going, gone’ will be considered a three word expression on a count of tokens, but will be considered to have only two words ‘going and gone’ on a count of type.

Question 7

The Orthographic Approach:

Answer 7

• The word is defined as a sequence of letters bounded on either side by a blank space.
• Or a set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, hyphenation, capitalization, word breaks, emphasis, and punctuation.
• Not used in Japanese or Chinese. Can be used in Roman or Cyrillic.
• NOT a product of literary.

Question 8

The Phonetic Approach:

Answer 8

• Focuses on how a word may be identifiable, according to the way the word sounds.
• Due to pronunciation, there is a loss of certain letters in inital english word, leading to a lack of phonetic independence leading to linguistic changes.

Question 9

The Phonological Approach:

Answer 9

-Defines a word through the characteristics of the words in particular sound systems.
-In English, words tend to have one stressed syllable.
+Example:
re’new’, re’new’able. re’new’ibility.
‘danc’ing, ‘life’boat crew, ‘build’ing

Question 10

The Semantic Approach:

Answer 10

• Questions the limitation to the sounds of word definitions.
• There are individual units of meaning expressed in single, simple units.

Question 11

The Grammatical Approach:

Answer 11

• Focuses on the characterisation of the word that seems to be least problematic, which defines words in grammatical terms.
• Uses the criteria of ‘positionally mobile’ and ‘internal stability’.

Question 12

Positionally Mobile:

Answer 12

Words that are not fixed to places in a sentence.
-Example: The sentence ‘the cat drowsily stretched her elegant forelegs’ can be written in various ways, without adding or removing any words in the sentence.

Question 13

Internal Stability:

Answer 13

Refers to the fact that within words the order of morphemes remain consistent.
-The morphemic constituents of ‘forelegs’ (for+e+leg+s) cannot be altered around.

Question 14

What the five approaches that Singleton suggests for defining a word?

Answer 14

• Orthographic Approach.
• Phonetic Approach.
• Phonological Approach.
• Semantic Approach.
• Grammatical Approach.

Question 15

What does Lemma mean?

Answer 15

Refers to the dictionary form.

Question 16

What does Lexeme mean?

Answer 16

The connotation of the words.