Definition of "lexicalized" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of lexicalize. (verb)

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• "It was Michael Lewis who was the first to popularize the view that “language consists of grammaticalized lexis, not lexicalized grammar” (1993, p. 34)."
• "It was Michael Lewis who was the first to popularize the view that “language consists of grammaticalized lexis, not lexicalized grammar” 1993, p."
• "Collocations that occur often enough become lexicalized as new compound words."