lexicalize
Verb: 1. To make or coin into a word: To take a concept, idea, or phrase and formally turn it into a single, recognized word in a language. 2. To accept a new word into the lexicon of a language: To incorporate a new word into the established vocabulary of a language, making it a standard lexical item.
The verb "lexicalize" describes the process by which a language develops a specific, fixed word for a concept. This often happens when a frequently used phrase or a borrowed concept becomes a single, standard word. It is a technical term used in linguistics.
- The English language lexicalized the phrase "web log" into the single word "blog."
- Some languages have lexicalized distinct words for light blue and dark blue, whereas English uses adjective-noun combinations.
- Linguists study how languages lexicalize concepts differently; for example, the German concept "Schadenfreude" has been lexicalized in English as a borrowed word.
- Lexicalization (noun): The process or result of forming a new word and adding it to a language's lexicon.
- The lexicalization of "selfie" happened very rapidly in the early 21st century.
- Lexicalized (adjective): Describing a concept that is expressed by a single, fixed word.
- "Kick the bucket" is a lexicalized idiom meaning "to die."
- Lexicalization (n): The act or process of lexicalizing.
- Lexicalized (adj): Having become a fixed, standard word or expression.
- Coin: To invent a new word or phrase.
- Formalize (as a word): To make a word official or standard.
The term "lexicalize" is specific to linguistics and does not have common, everyday meanings outside of this field. Its core meaning always relates to the formation and acceptance of words.
The reference example highlights that not all concepts in one language are lexicalized in another. The German word "Gemütlichkeit" expresses a specific cultural concept (coziness, congeniality) for which English has no single, equivalent lexical item; it remains an unlexicalized concept described by phrases.
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make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language
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The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English
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