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    A word is the basic building block of language that is used with other words to form sentences. Words have meaning and are listed in dictionaries with definitions, grammar information, and pronunciation. Words are the basic units of language that have unpredictable meanings requiring dictionary lookup, and that form phrases and sentences. A sentence must contain at least one word and can be a single word used as a command or exclamation.

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    A word is the basic building block of language that is used with other words to form sentences. Words have meaning and are listed in dictionaries with definitions, grammar information, and pronunciation. Words are the basic units of language that have unpredictable meanings requiring dictionary lookup, and that form phrases and sentences. A sentence must contain at least one word and can be a single word used as a command or exclamation.

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    A word is the basic building block of language that is used with other words to form sentences. Words have meaning and are listed in dictionaries with definitions, grammar information, and pronunciation. Words are the basic units of language that have unpredictable meanings requiring dictionary lookup, and that form phrases and sentences. A sentence must contain at least one word and can be a single word used as a command or exclamation.

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    A word is the basic building block of language that is used with other words to form sentences. Words have meaning and are listed in dictionaries with definitions, grammar information, and pronunciation. Words are the basic units of language that have unpredictable meanings requiring dictionary lookup, and that form phrases and sentences. A sentence must contain at least one word and can be a single word used as a command or exclamation.

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    words as meaningful

    building blocks of
    language:
    What is a word?
    A single distinct meaningful element of speech or
    writing, used with others (or something alone) to
    form a sentence and typically shown with a space
    on either side when written or printed.
    What is a sentence?
    A set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing
    a subject, and predicate, conveying a statement, question,
    exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause
    and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.
    A sentence must not always consist
    of more than one word, such as:

    1. One-word commands: ‘GO!’, ‘Sit!’


    2. Warning shouts: ‘Fire!’
    3. conventional commands: ‘lights!’, ‘Camera!’, ‘Action!’
    4. Holophrastic words: (infant speech),‘Milk’, ‘Cookie’
    A dictionary entry basically listed:

    1. Definitions of what it means


    2. Information about grammar (word class)
    3. Pronunciation
    A word is not just a building block of sentences:

    *It is a building block with:


    1. Meaning (that is) 2. Unpredictable

    or at least sufficiently unpredictable that learners of


    English or even native speakers of English may need to
    consult a dictionary in order to discover it.
    Words are units of language which are
    basic in two senses:

    1. Words as items that have unpredictable meanings & so must be listed


    in dictionaries (i.e., lexical items). [semantics]

    2. Words as building blocks that form phrases and sentences (i.e., word).
    [Grammar]
    Words as types & words as tokens:

    Tokens refer to:

    The total number of words in a text, corpus, etc, regardless


    of how often they are repeated.

    Types refer to:

    The number of distinct words in a text.


    How many word types & tokens does this
    sentence
    (A good drink is a drink that you like)
    contain?

    (9) Tokens but only (7) types, as (a & drink) are


    repeated.
    Words with predictable meanings :

    Some words have meanings that are natural or


    predictable, such as:

    1. Onomatopoeic words: 2. Sound symbolism:



    words whose sound seems slide, sleek, slip


    to reflect their meaning.


    (all of them reflect the meaning
    e.g. bow-wow, Miaow of smoothness).
    3. Words like ‘de-yeltsin-izes’ in the following sentence:

    ‘President Putin deyeltsinizes the Russian government’


    A nonce word used only once, but we can predict its


    meaning depending on:

    1. The affixes added to it


    2. Its position in the sentence

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