🔤 Lexicalising ✨

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lafzi shakl dena, mafhoom ko lafz mein dhalna, mustaqil lughwi ikai banana

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lexicalising

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DEFINITION

expressing a concept as a word or lexical unit, making an expression an established item in a language's vocabulary

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The linguist studied how speakers were lexicalising concepts introduced by new technology. Different languages develop different ways of lexicalising similar experiences and social relationships. The article examines lexicalising a phrase whose meaning becomes independent of its parts. Researchers compared strategies for lexicalising motion across several unrelated language families. Speakers were gradually lexicalising the expression as its specialised meaning became established.

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lexicalizing