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lexicalist

lexicalist noun: a proponent of the grammatical theory of lexicalism.

Noun

lexicalist (plural lexicalists)

  1. A proponent of the grammatical theory of lexicalism.
    • In a typical lexicalist approach (e.g. Koontz-Garboden 2006), the unmarked lexeme is taken as lexically listed, even if its meaning (as it often does) includes templatic entailments, and the derivational morphology is taken to operate on the underived form to yield the derived form. This is the...2014 September 25, Rochelle Lieber, Pavol Stekauer, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Derivational Morphology, page 347

Forms of lexicalist

plurallexicalists

Origin of lexicalist

From lexical + -ist.

Questions about lexicalist

What does lexicalist mean?
Lexicalist means a proponent of the grammatical theory of lexicalism.
What part of speech is lexicalist?
Lexicalist is a noun.
What is the plural of lexicalist?
The plural of lexicalist is lexicalists.

Words near lexicalist in the dictionary

  1. lexicalise
  2. lexicalised
  3. lexicalises
  4. lexicalising
  5. lexicalism
  6. lexicalist
  7. lexicalists
  8. lexicalities
  9. lexicality
  10. lexicalizable
  11. lexicalization

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