colexification
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, co- + lexi- + -ify + -ication.
Noun
[edit]colexification (countable and uncountable, plural colexifications)
- (linguistics) The linguistic pattern whereby multiple meanings can be expressed by the same word (or a pair of homonymous words).
- Antonyms: dislexification, differentiation
- Hyponyms: vagueness, polysemy, homonymy; (types of linear polysemy) autohyponymy, autohypernymy, autosuperordination, automeronymy, autoholonymy
- 2022 June 9, Alexandre François, “Lexical tectonics: Mapping structural change in patterns of lexification”, in Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft[1], page 95:
- Languages may be compared in their patterns of colexification – that is, their ability to encode two distinct senses using the same lexeme.