| 单词 | lexicalize |
| 释义 | lexicalize, v. Linguistics.|ˈlɛksɪkəlaɪz|
[f. lexical a. + -ize.]
Usu. in pass.
1. To accept into the lexicon, or vocabulary, of a language.
1937C. E. Bazell in Jrnl. Eng. & Germ. Philol. Jan. 3 But in a form early lexicalized a shortening previous to the considerable dialectal differentiation of the dialects would be in harmony with Indo-European tendencies. 1954Pei & Gaynor Dict. Ling. 122 Lexicalize, to incorporate a word, etc., into the lexicon of a language. 1972A. Makkai Idiom Struct. Eng. 81 Should the morpheme flation become widely accepted.., it would be lexicalized, and Webster's new edition would list it. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Oct. 1229/3 The uncharted waters of contemporary slang, where what appears ephemeral today may become lexicalized tomorrow, and conversely.
2. To express (a difference that is already expressed in the grammatical structure, or could be) by means of a different lexical item.
1968J. Lyons Introd. Theoret. Ling. viii. 352 Consider the..two sentences:..Bill died..John killed Bill. In such instances, we may say that the relationship of the transitive to the intransitive is ‘lexicalized’.
Hence ˈlexicalized ppl. a.; also ˌlexicaliˈzation, the action or process of lexicalizing.
1949Archivum Linguisticum I. 10 The adverb differs from a combination of noun and case by a strong tendency to lexicalisation. Ibid. 181 ‘Immotive’..or ‘lexicalised’ words. 1961Brno Studies in English III. 28 All this richness was gradually done away with (except for a very small number of adverbial or lexicalized survivals). 1968J. Lyons Introd. Theoret. Ling. viii. 369 The difference between obligatory and optional ‘lexicalization’ in three-place constructions. Ibid., Kill is the ‘lexicalized’ two-place causative form of die. 1971F. W. Householder Ling. Speculations vii. 103 Lexicalization is here assumed to follow at least some transformations. |
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