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1、LEXISASALINGUISTICLEVELMary.Suchexplanationsrequiretherecognitionofdistinctionswhicli,asiswellknown,begintocutacrosseachotheratarelativelyearlystageindelicacy,andthemodelhastoacco~ilniodatecross-classificationofLexisasaLinguisticLevelthiski~id.Theformofstatemeritadopted(an
2、dtheterminology)willofcoursedependonthemodel;butitisgenerallyagreedthatallsuchpatternsneedtobeaccountedfor.5Aspartoftheprocessofaccountingforthesedistinctionsthegrammarattempts,bothprogressivelyandsimultaneously,toreducetheverylergeclassesofformalitems,attileraliliatwhicht
3、heycanbemostusefullyabstracted(forthemostpartgenerallyaswords,butthisAtatimewhenfewlinguists,otherthanlexicographersthemselves,de-ismerelyadefinitiontruthfromwhichwelearnwhat'word'means),votedmuchattentiontothestudyoflexis,andoutlinesoflinguisticsintoverysmallsub-classes.N
4、ogrammarhas,itisbelieved,achievedtheoftencontainedlittlereferencetodictionariesortoothermethodsindegreeofdelicacyrequiredforthereductionofallsuchitemstoone-lexicology,J.R.Firthrepeatedlystressedtheimportaceoflexicalstudiesmemberclasses,althoughprovidedthemodelcaneffectivel
5、yhandleindescriptivelinguistics.1Hedidnotaccepttheequationof'lexical'cross-classificationitisbynoriieansabsurdtosetthisastheeventualwith'semantic',2andheshowedthatitwasbothpossibleandusefultoaim:thatis.auniquedescriptionforeachitembyitsassignmenttoamakeformalstatenleritsab
6、outlexicalitemsandtheirrelations.Forthis'~iiicroclass',whichrepresentsitsvalueastheproductoftheintersec-purposeFirthregardedthestatementofcollocationasthemostfruitfulapproach,andhesometimesreferred,withintheframeworkofhistionofalargenuniberofclassificatorydimensions.genera
7、lviewsonthelevelsoflinguisticanalysis,tothe'collocationalIfwetakeintoaccounttheamountofinformationwhich,altlioughitlevel'.3isstillfarfromhavingbeenprovidedforanylanguage,contemporaryTheainiofthispaperistoconsiderbrieflythenatureoflexicalgrammaticalnlodelscanreasonablyclaii
8、ntoaimatproviding,therepatternsinlanguage,andtosuggestthatitmaybehelpfultodeviseivouldsee
