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8.LEXIS
IN GENERATIVE LINGUISTICS,
A LEXIS OR LEXICON IS THE
COMPLETE SET OF ALL
POSSIBLE WORDS IN A
LANGUAGE (VOCABULARY).
IN SYSTEMIC-FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS, A LEXIS OR
LEXICAL ITEM IS THE WAY ONE CALLS A PARTICULAR
THING OR A TYPE OF PHENOMENON. SINCE A LEXIS
FROM A SYSTEMIC-FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE IS A
WAY OF CALLING, IT CAN BE REALISED BY MULTIPLE
GRAMMATICAL WORDS SUCH AS "THE WHITE HOUSE",
"NEW YORK CITY" OR "HEART ATTACK".