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colexifications

colexifications is the plural of colexification.

Meaning of colexification

Noun

colexification (countable and uncountable, plural colexifications)

  1. The linguistic pattern whereby multiple meanings can be expressed by the same word (or a pair of homonymous words).
    • Languages may be compared in their patterns of colexification – that is, their ability to encode two distinct senses using the same lexeme.2022 June 9, Alexandre François, “Lexical tectonics: Mapping structural change in patterns of lexification”, in Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, page 95

Questions about colexifications

What is colexifications the plural of?
Colexifications is the plural of colexification.

Words near colexifications in the dictionary

  1. coleworts
  2. colex
  3. colexicographic
  4. colexicographically
  5. colexification
  6. colexifications
  7. colexified
  8. colexifies
  9. colexify
  10. colexifying
  11. colextran

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