ABSTRACT
This chapter concerns the relation between the two types of pattern that are mainly recognized as the means whereby language creates meaning. The terms grammar and lexis will mainly be used for these, but instead of grammar you will sometimes find syntax or structure, and instead of lexis you may find semantics or vocabulary. But there is always this basic distinction, of a component which produces patterns of organization and a component which produces items that fill places in the patterns; the items tend to be chosen individually, and with little reference to the surrounding text.
