lexis

Translations

lexisnoun
lexises
pl
The lexis of the English language is vast and constantly evolving.
Le lexique de la langue anglaise est vaste et en constante évolution.
Medical lexis can be difficult to understand for those outside the profession.
Le vocabulaire médical peut être difficile à comprendre pour les non-professionnels.
Lexis focuses on how words combine and develop meaning within a corpus.
La lexicologie s’intéresse à la façon dont les mots se combinent et développent leur sens dans un corpus.
Additional translations
dictionEn stylistique, pour la manière de choisir et d’ordonner les mots.

Definitions

lexisnoun
The total stock of words in a language.
The lexis of the English language is vast and constantly evolving.
The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge.
Medical lexis can be difficult to understand for those outside the profession.
The choice of words or diction used in a particular piece of writing or speech; style.
The novelist's lyrical lexis gives the narrative a poetic quality.
The branch of linguistics that studies the vocabulary of a language (lexicology).
Lexis focuses on how words combine and develop meaning within a corpus.