lexicalize

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Verb

lexicalize (lexicalizes, present participle lexicalizing; past and past participle lexicalized)

1. (transitive) To convert to a single lexical unit, as a group of words with meaning beyond their parts.
   • 1975, Eric H. Lenneberg, Elizabeth Lenneberg, Foundations of Language Development: A Multidisciplinary Approach, volume 1, page 192

     In fact, the child will lexicalize one, two, or three elements of the semantic representation according to his lexicalization span.

Related terms

• lexicalisation
• lexicalization

Translations

• French: lexicaliser
• German: lexikalisieren
• Russian: лексикализовать

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