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Chunks
Chunks are groups of words that can be found together in language.
They can be words that always go together, such as fixed collocations, or that commonly do, such as certain grammatical structures that follow rules. A listener or reader uses their knowledge of chunks to help them predict meaning and therefore be able to process language in real time. Chunks include lexical phrases, set phrases, and fixed phrases.
Example
'Utter disaster', 'by the way', 'encourage + someone + infinitive', 'dependent + on' are all examples of chunks.
In the classroom
Areas of work such as idioms, collocations and verb patterns all focus on types of chunks. Learners can be encouraged to identify and record lexical and grammatical chunks as they find them.
British Council. Chunks. British Council, 2024. Disponível em: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/knowingsubject/c/chunks. Acesso em: 12 jul. 2024.
O texto acima traz informações sobre ‘language chunks’ que podem ser úteis para uma abordagem lexical da língua inglesa. Em qual alternativa a expressão destacada é um exemplo de ‘language chunk’?