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<p>utrecht</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Lexicalization''' is phenomenon by which a morphologically complex word starts to behave like an underived word in some respect, which means that at least one feature (semantic, syntactic, or phonological) becomes unpredictable. Thus a lexicalized word has at least one aspect which cannot be predicted by the general rules of grammar.<br /> <br /> === Example ===<br /> <br /> the Dutch adjective ''reusachtig'' has two readings, one is transparently derived from the noun ''reus''_N and the suffix -''achtig'' which can be paraphrased as 'like a ''reus'' (giant)', and one which simply means 'very big'. This latter reading is lexicalized. Additional evidence for this comes from the fact that in this latter reading the pronunciation is slightly different: the final phoneme of ''reus'' is pronounced as [z], while it is pronounced as [s] in the transparent reading. Assuming that lexicalization eradicates internal boundaries, the phonological rule FINAL DEVOICING cannot apply in the lexicalized form.<br /> <br /> === Link ===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Lexicalization&amp;lemmacode=615 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Morphology]]</div>

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