Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The act or process of lexicalizing.
- n. Something lexicalized.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the process of making a word to express a concept
Examples
“Can you expand a bit on the idea that ‘premature lexicalization might cause fossilization’?”
“Moreover, Lewis seemed to be dismissive – or perhaps unaware – of the argument that premature lexicalization might cause fossilization.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lexicalization’.
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INTERP - terminology management terms
Terms from the fields of terminology, lexicography, lexicology and corpus linguistics
reworder, rewording, parser, parsing, tagger, tagging, aligner, aligning, content analysis, content analyzer, corpus management, glossary and 546 more...
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WF - Word Formation Words
Classes of words and types of word formation
sniglet, protologism, portmanteau word, blend, telescope-word, frankenword, double-entendre, compound, derivative, palindrome, spoonerism, malapropism and 152 more...
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Neologistics
Basically this is a "words about words" list with a focus on neologism generation in all its various forms.
wordplay, paronomasia, madeupical, logodaedaly, onomatopoeic, verbification, nominalization, recontextualization, spoonerism, typo recycling, sloganeer, wordsmith and 59 more...
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English grammar
terms relevant to English grammar
phrase, clause, sentence, complement, modifier, adjunct, specifier, constituent, syntax, bar level, supplement, coordination and 285 more...
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word set9
spongiform, stochastic, bibliobibuli, gangliest, macadamization, orchidaceous, fructiferous, phatically, persiflage, caliginous, helical, tracery and 72 more...
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Wordsmithing
Words about words and language and concepts
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lexicalization.

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