Lexicalize vs Nonlexicalized - What's the difference?
lexicalize | nonlexicalized |
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
As a verb lexicalize
is to convert to a single lexical unit, as a group of words with meaning beyond their parts.As an adjective nonlexicalized is
not lexicalized.lexicalize
English
(lexicalization)Alternative forms
* lexicaliseVerb
(lexicaliz)- In fact, the child will lexicalize one, two, or three elements of the semantic representation according to his lexicalization span.