A word is a unit of language that has a phonetic value (i.e. a sound) and has a meaning. It can also be written down in which case it will have a certain spelling. They are – as you might well imagine – the building blocks in English language learning […]
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Word Frequency is listing words according to how popular they are in the language. The method of determining the list is by taking a corpus of language and simply counting the words in it and how often each one is used. This usually brings up the following as the most […]
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LEXEME is the term used in Linguistics to refer to a word (a minimal unit of language) with a distinctive meaning (a semantic value) and often a specific cultural concept attached to it. banana, love, animal, run These are all lexemes. Lexemes can be seen as the basic elements of […]
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The Vocabulary is the collection of words in a language. In English there are estimated to be roughly 1,000,000 words in the language; this is a huge increase on the 50,000 words available in Old English. These words are generally derived from one of several main sources: Germanic (including Old […]
Continue ReadingVocabulary Poker – Vocabulary Activity
Vocabulary Poker is a great game for practicing vocabulary and semantic fields. It’s easy to play and great fun for the students. Although it can be played by beginners, it’s probably best for intermediate and advanced students. NB in some countries it may be culturally inappropriate to use a term […]
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