Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Unit 2. Lexis
● depending on context
Key Concepts: meaning from
additional elements
- meaning can be created by:
Key Concepts: meaning from
additional elements
- meaning can be created by:
● adding prefixes and suffixes
(e.g. nationality, unprofessional)
Key Concepts: meaning from
additional elements
- meaning can be created by:
● adding prefixes and suffixes
(e.g. nationality, unprofessional)
● making compound words
(e.g telephone number, bookshop)
Key Concepts: meaning from
additional elements
- meaning can be created by:
● adding prefixes and suffixes
(e.g. nationality, unprofessional)
● making compound words
(e.g telephone number, bookshop)
● using collocations or idioms
(e.g. take a holiday, heavy rain, it’s raining cats and
dogs)
Key Concepts: meaning by
grouping
- meaning can be created by grouping:
Key Concepts: meaning by
grouping
- meaning can be created by grouping:
● synonyms (words with similar meaning)
Key Concepts: meaning by
grouping
- meaning can be created by grouping:
● synonyms (words with similar meaning)