Lexicalization vs. Overlexicalization — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lexicalization and Overlexicalization
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Definitions
Lexicalization
In linguistics, lexicalization is the process of adding words, set phrases, or word patterns to a language's lexicon. Whether word formation and lexicalization refer to the same process is controversial within the field of linguistics.
Overlexicalization
The creation and use of many words or lexical items for a single entity or concept.
Lexicalization
To express using a word or words
A language that lexicalizes the concept of time.
Lexicalization
To incorporate into a language as a new word
A language that has lexicalized expressions from its dialects.
Lexicalization
To treat (a phrase, expression, or other group of morphemes) as a single word
The word "pick-me-up<.
" lexicalizes the phrase "pick me up.".
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Lexicalization
The act or process of lexicalizing.
Lexicalization
Something lexicalized.
Lexicalization
The process of making a word to express a concept
