lexia
- noun
- /ˈlɛksiə/
- Specialized
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lexia
- The writer carefully crafted each lexia so that readers could analyze the text in segments.
- Barthes's lexia
The word dyslexia comes from the Latin word dis meaning difficult, and the Greek word lexia which means words.
- The word dyslexia comes from the Latin word dis meaning difficult, and the Greek word lexia which means words.
Examples
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In digital literature, a lexia can vary from a single sentence to a complete paragraph, depending on its purpose.
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The following is a representative lexia: (n5)
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Note the example lexia.
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This form is constructed upward; that is, paradigmatically, from the semiotic codes, Barthes's lexia.
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In this literary Big Bang, meaning increases exponentially with every lexia; there is no decoding of the text, that is, a narrowing of meaning, because the pressure created by the expanding universe of meaning will not allow any contraction.
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Despite the popular conception of the term and the esoteric nature of the example lexia, Barthes is in no way implying a secret language or jargon that, when deciphered, reveals Truth.
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In fine linguistic form, Barthes divides and subdivides Balzac's short story "Sarrasine" into 561 lexias, or units of reading.
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Following his own dictum that the structure of a text is not to be found in "large masses" (11) but in the minutiae, Barthes labels each lexia and the smallest unit of meaning within each lexia according to the individual codes that govern the linguistic system of the work.
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Following his own dictum that the structure of a text is not to be found in "large masses" (11) but in the minutiae, Barthes labels each lexia and the smallest unit of meaning within each lexia according to the individual codes that govern the linguistic system of the work.
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Each lexia in the text represents a distinct idea that contributes to the overall meaning.
Synonyms
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1.0
A single spoken or written unit that has meaning
A part used in talking and writing, like a word, part of a word or phrase that gives meaning
A part of language like a sound, word, or phrase people study on its own
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lexia comes from the Greek root lexis, which means 'word' or 'speech' and is the same root as lexicon, a list of words. So a lexia is a small piece of written text that you treat as a single 'whole' when you read or study it.