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lexis - What does it mean?

Definition of 'lexis'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language.
  • The vocabulary used by a writer
  • In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand sometimes.

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