Lexis
[lek-sis] /ˈlɛk sɪs/
noun, Linguistics.
1.
the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar; the total stock of words and idiomatic combinations of them in a language; lexicon.
/ˈlɛksɪs/
noun
1.
the totality of vocabulary items in a language, including all forms having lexical meaning or grammatical function
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