LEXICALIZATION


Meaning of LEXICALIZATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌlek-si-kə-lə-ˈzā-shən ]

noun

Date: 1949

1. : the realization of a meaning in a single word or morpheme rather than in a grammatical construction

2. : the treatment of a formerly freely composed, grammatically regular, and semantically transparent phrase or inflected form as a formally or semantically idiomatic expression

• lex·i·cal·ize ˈlek-si-kə-ˌlīz transitive verb

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