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Lexical chunk
A group of words that are commonly found together. Lexical chunks include collocations but these usually just involve content words, not grammar.
In this dialogue there are five possible chunks:
- Did you 'stay long' 'at the party'?
- No, I 'got out of there' 'as soon as' they 'ran out of' food.
In this dialogue there are five possible chunks:
- Did you 'stay long' 'at the party'?
- No, I 'got out of there' 'as soon as' they 'ran out of' food.
Flashcard info:
Author: CoboCards-User
Main topic: ELT
Topic: Language Terminology
Published: 13.05.2015