Lexis

Question 1

Define Lexis

Answer 1

Words used

Question 2

What is Elision?

Answer 2

When two words are merged

Question 3

Is Elision usually Formal or Informal?

Answer 3

Informal

Question 4

Give an example of Elision and what 2 words come together to make it

Answer 4

“Gonna” for “Going to”

Question 5

What is Germanic Lexis?

Answer 5

Words that have come from Anglo Saxons or Vikings

Question 6

What is Latinate Lexis?

Answer 6

Words that have come from Latin or French languages

Question 7

Are Germanic words more likely to be monosyllabic or pollysyllabic?

Answer 7

Monosyllabic

Question 8

Are Latinate words more likely to be monosyllabic or polysyllabic?

Answer 8

Polysyllabic

Question 9

What are Monosyllabic words?

Answer 9

Words with 1 syllable

Question 10

What are Polysyllabic words?

Answer 10

Words with 3 or more syllables

Question 11

What is High Frequency Lexis?

Answer 11

Words commonly used in English

Question 12

What is Low Frequency Lexis?

Answer 12

Words rarely used in English

Question 13

Are Germanic words high or low frequency lexis?

Answer 13

High frequency lexis

Question 14

Are Latinate words high or low frequency lexis?

Answer 14

Low frequency lexis

Question 15

What is the effect of low frequency lexis for representation in a text?

Answer 15

It makes the writer seem more sophisticated

Question 16

What might be the effect of sophisticated lexis for the reader?

Answer 16

They may take the ideas of the writer more seriously

Question 17

What is Idiomatic Language?

Answer 17

Language which uses a certain phrase not related to what is being said

Question 18

Give an example of an Idiomatic Phrase

Answer 18

“On the go”

Question 19

Is Idiomatic Language formal or informal?

Answer 19

Informal