The term lexicon is known in English from the early 17th century when it referred to a book containing a selection of a language’s words and meanings, arranged in alphabetical order. The term itself comes from the Greek...
This topic is about word-formation in English and its characteristics so, in order to explain clearly, I will divide my presentation into three different parts. The first one will be about the main characteristics of the English language regarding it lexis; the second one...
Teacher Notes (TN): after this evaluation test, the teacher will ask every student (it is an all together activity) questions related to the topic. Students will be elicited to answer with the previous structures. The questions will be of the type: ‘ Are you Spanish?’,...
Once a base has undergone a rule of word-formation, the derived word itself may become the base for another derivation; and so, by reapplication, it is possible to derive words of considerable morphological and semantic complexity...
Process by which a base is somehow modified to produce a new lexical item...
No deben ser considerados como definitivos o excluyentes del lenguaje oral, sino que se ofrecen como una herramienta de sustitución del mismo, aunque en algunos sujetos si se pueden convertir en la única forma de comunicación debido a su grado de deficiencia...
This st udy on English lexis is aimed to know more about the way vocabulary works. It attempts to provide the background knowledge necessary for the readers to make informed choice about vocabulary and word formation. By the time this study is finished...