lexis
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Is lexis a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of lexis?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language.Examples: "Thus, alongside current lexis, words and senses now obsolete find a place in a dictionary on historical principles."countableuncountable
2. (pedagogy, TEFL) Words, collocations, and common phrases in a language; vocabulary and word combinations.Examples: "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."countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary