lexicalize
Verb
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Verb
lexicalize (lexicalizes, present participle lexicalizing; past and past participle lexicalized)
- (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.
- 1975, Eric H. Lenneberg, Elizabeth Lenneberg, Foundations of Language Development: A Multidisciplinary Approach, volume 1, page 192
- French: lexicaliser
- German: lexikalisieren
- Russian: лексикализовать
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