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lexical phrases, lexicalized stems, or speech formulae. The term polyword listemes is also sometimes used.

Types

Common types of lexical items/chunks include:

#Words, e.g. cat, tree
#Parts of words (see also affix), e.g. -s in trees, -er in worker, non- in nondescript, -est in loudest
#Phrasal verbs, e.g. put off or get out
#Multiword expressions, e.g. by the

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