lexie
See also: Lexie
English
Alternative forms
- lexia
Etymology
From the French lexie, originating in the writings of Roland Barthes.
Noun
lexie (plural lexies)
- (literary theory) A minimal unit of reading, such as a sentence or sentence fragment
- 1976, Jean Calloud, Structural Analysis of Narrative, page 15:
- It is essential for the analyst to be able to construct these canonic statements out of the linguistic statements given in the lexies.
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Anagrams
- exile
French
Noun
lexie f (plural lexies)
- lexie
Further reading
- “lexie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.