Lexis
- Created by: georgiasadler
- Created on: 03-04-14 10:46
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- LEXIS
- Linguistic term for vocabulary
- Words of language
- Lots of words mean the same thing
- teen
- jeuvenile
- adolescent
- Syllables
- Monosyllabic (one)
- Polysyllabic (more than one)
- What effect do they have on the text?
- Old fashioned or new words?
- Archaic words (old fashioned) e.g. thee
- Neologisms (new words) e.g. selfie, google
- Slang or jargon?
- Slang - colourful, informal, used by young people
- Jargon - specialist vocab related to a specific occupation
- Colloquialisms or taboo language?
- Colloquialsms -informal, phrases used in everyday speech, chatty
- Taboo language - swearing, forbidden language, informal
- Linguistic term for vocabulary
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