Lexis

Lexis

1. Vocabulary

   • archaic words
     • thee, thou
     • afore, alow
   • Modern abbreviations
     • Rd (Road)
     • Lb (Pounds
     • Ave (Avenue)
     • BA (Bachelor of Arts
   • Idiomatic expressions
     • Colloquialisms
       • wanna – want to
       • gonna – going to
       • y’all – you all
     • Taboo language
       • Shitty
       • Fuck it
       • Motherfucker
   • Emotive language
     • The victim was left with horrific injuries.
     • The victims were executed in cold blood.

2. Level of complexity

3. Denotations and connotations

   • Childlike, Youthful, Childish, Young
   • Disabled, Crippled, Handicapped, Retarded

4. Non-standard variations

5. Literary devices

   • Onomatopoeia
   • Alliterations
     • Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August.
     • Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos
   • Figurative language
   • Neologism
     • Meme
     • App

6. Contractions

   • Dyin'
   • Smash 'em

7. Concrete nouns

   • dentist, firefighter, man, Rita

8. Intensifier

   • So
   • Dreadfully
   • Amazingly

9. Modifier

   • fairly
   • Quite
   • Slightly

10. superlative

    • E.g Beth is the most intelligent

11. Comparative

    • E.g My jumper is nicer than Simon's

12. Abstract nouns

    • childhood, Friday, September, war