The lexis as a linguistic resource for the production of meaning in texts: a case study with probe protocols
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Léxico. Protocolos de investigação. Linguística sistêmico-funcional.Abstract
This paper investigates how lexis is constructed in text through two case studies grounded on Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). SFL models the interdependence between grammar and lexis as the former being the most delicate version of the latter. Aiming at investigating complementary properties between grammar and lexis, the paper carries out a case study by compiling a corpus of academic articles and popular science articles about Diabetes Mellitus. Two lexical research protocols were applied to the corpus. The results indicate that the systemic choices in the two socio-semiotic processes were different despite keeping the experiential domain. In addition, the lexical status of a language item depends on its potential to establish taxonomic relations of identification and classification, thus becoming part of a process of generalization.
KEYWORDS: Lexis. Probe protocols. Systemic-functional linguistics.
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