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What are Lexical sets ?
•A lexical set is a group of words with the same topic function or form.
Semantics
phonetics
Linguistics
Semantics •Is a field in which lexical sets are
particular y useful .•Meaning: (WORD ASSOSIATION,
CONCEPT)
categories :Example • 'Cat, dog, tortoise, goldfish, gerbil' is part
of the topical lexical set pets,
• and 'quickly, happily, completely, dramatically, angrily' is part of the
syntactic lexical set adverbs.
•Thanks giving ,day of the death, Halloween, new year, Christmas . Is part of the lexical sets holidays .
•Volleyball, football, aerobics , soccer, jogging. Is part of the lexical sets sports.
Phonetics "The term 'lexical set' . . . was devised by
John Wells (1982) as a convenient way of identifying vowel categories not by symbols, but by a set of words in which they occur.
•KIT Ship, bit, sick ,stiff, pith, this, wish,
rib, kid, dig, bridge, give, his, fill ,
sing, milk.
•DRESS Step, bet , neck, Jeff, mess,
egg, edge, bell , best , next,
deaf, death.
•FOOT put, push, bull, good, stood,
wood, cook, look, could, should
wool, would.
Although the vowel in a set like CUP, LUCK, SUN may vary from one variety of English to another.
pedagogical implications •The lexical set is useful for students who
do not have a background in phonetics, since it allows them to identify the sounds involved, even if the symbols for them are not known.
•* be aware in the varieties of English RP GenAm.
Pedagogical implications It is suggested to teach vocabulary to your students
through lexical sets.
• Advantages:• It’s easier to retrieve words from memory .• Helps learners to see how knowledge can be organized• Makes the meaning of words clearer by seeing how they are related• The learning of 1 item reinforce the learning of another
•Brainstorming •Graphic organizer •Categorizing activities
This helps to your students to learn vocabulary
easily and helps them to understand the relations
between words .
ACTIVITY • 'I went to the market and bought……..'
sources• British Council.2010.retrieved from
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/knowledge-database/lexical-set
• Richard Nordquist.(non date).lexical sets. retrieved from http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/lexicalsetterm.htm
• wisegeek. (non date). What is a lexical set?. Retrieved from http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-lexical-set.htm
• Wong B.(2012,may 15) lexical sets. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/BrendaWongUdye/lexical-sets
• Walters R. (2006).Standar lexical sets. Retrieved from http://reswin1.isd.glam.ac.uk/rhondda_valleys_english/completed_pdf/app3.pdf