Lexical Approach词汇法.ppt

Lexical Approach Carlos Islam, The University of MaineIvor Timmis, Leeds Metropolitan University The theory of language Task 1Look at this version of the introduction. What do the parts printed in bold in square brackets have in common? The principles of the Lexical Approach have [been around] since Michael Lewis published The Lexical Approach [10 years ago]. [It seems, however, that] many teachers and researchers do not [have a clear idea of] what the Lexical Approach actually [looks like] [in practice]. Explanation: All the parts in brackets are fixed or set phrases. Different commentators use different and overlapping terms - prefabricated phrases, lexical phrases, formulaic language, frozen and semi-frozen phrases, are just some of these terms. We use just two: lexical chunks and collocations. Lexical chunk Lexical chunk is an umbrella term which includes all the other terms. We define a lexical chunk as any pair or group of words which is commonly found together, or in close proximity. Collocation Collocation is also included in the term lexical chunk, but we refer to it separately from time to time, so we define it as a pair of lexical content words commonly found together. Following this definition, basic + principles is a collocation, but look + at is not because it combines a lexical content word and a grammar function word. Identifying chunks and collocations is often a question of intuition, unless you have access to a corpus. Lexical Chunks (that are not collocations) by the way up to now upside downIf I were you a long way off out of my mind  Lexical Chunks (that are collocations) totally convincedstrong accent terrible accidentsense of humoursounds exciting brings good luck A theory of learning According to Lewis (1997, 2000) native speakers carry a pool of hundreds of thousands, and possibly millions, of lexical chunks in their heads ready to draw upon in order to produce fluent, accurate and meaningful language. How the