lexical item
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflexicalanditem
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lexical
adjective
uk/ˈlek.sɪ.kəl/us/ˈlek.sɪ.kəl/
relating ...
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item
noun[C]
uk/ˈaɪ.təm/us/ˈaɪ.t̬əm/
something that is part of a list or group ...
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(Definition oflexicalanditemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflexical item
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Rules that do apply build no hierarchical syntactic or prosodic structure beyond the level oflexicalitem.
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We can define the rank of alexicalitemas the number of items that it requires in order to become saturated.
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In some cases, more than one word class fit the position held by a givenlexicalitem, which may induce the system to false positives.
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In this case, we included only three tokens of any onelexicalitemper speaker.
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For example, borrowing may take place at the conceptual level if alexicalitemdoes not have a representational equivalent in the other language.
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Of course nolexicalitem(or construction) is required to grammaticalize.
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Eachlexicalitemin the lexicon is defined with an expression, most often a symbol, that stands as its semantic interpretation.
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If not, a defaultlexicalitemis inserted.
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When it comes to lexical insertion, the features on thelexicalitemmust be consistent with those on the relevant syntactic node.
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Where subjects supplied alexicalitemin the vocabulary task, they usually got its gender right.
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The representation of alexicalitemmust bind together all components.
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The choice oflexicalitemtherefore does not constitute a conditioning factor for zero linkage.
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Hence, if thislexicalitemwere used as an adjective, we might expect the genitive form smaeligles to be used.
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In all cases, thelexicalitemconstitutes the head of an iambic foot.
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Semantically, early phonological fillers do not refer to alexicalitem, and pragmatically they are also under-defined.
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The nonuse of alexicalitemdoes not necessarily mean that the word is not known.
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The task requires the use of word recognition skills to recognize a word orlexicalitemin order to respond.
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These may include reanalysis of already existing devices, grammaticalization of alexicalitemand also grammatical accommodation.
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These findings confirmed the logical assumption that multiple exposures to an unfamiliarlexicalitempositively affect learning.
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