English Idiom Lexeme
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An English Idiom Lexeme is a lexeme that is an english lexical unit representing a specific english idiomatic expression as a single english dictionary entry.
- AKA: English Idiom Dictionary Entry, English Idiom Lexical Item, English Phrasal Lexeme.
- Context:
- It can typically function as English Semantic Unit despite having english multiword structure.
- It can often exhibit English Lexical Fixedness in english syntactic behavior.
- It can frequently require English Holistic Processing for english comprehension.
- It can usually possess English Non-Compositional Meaning from english constituent words.
- It can commonly appear in English Lexicon as english established entry.
- It can sometimes allow English Limited Variation in english morphological inflection.
- It can range from being an English Fully-Fixed Idiom Lexeme to being an English Semi-Fixed Idiom Lexeme, depending on its english variability tolerance.
- It can range from being an English Verbal Idiom Lexeme to being an English Nominal Idiom Lexeme, depending on its english syntactic category.
- It can range from being an English Transparent Idiom Lexeme to being an English Opaque Idiom Lexeme, depending on its english semantic analyzability.
- It can range from being an English High-Frequency Idiom Lexeme to being an English Low-Frequency Idiom Lexeme, depending on its english usage statistics.
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- Example(s):
- English Death Idiom Lexemes, such as:
- English Communication Idiom Lexemes, such as:
- English Warning Idiom Lexemes, such as:
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- Counter-Example(s):
- English Single-Word Lexeme, which lacks english multiword structure.
- English Collocation, which maintains english compositional semantics.
- English Free Combination, which allows english full substitutability.
- English Neologism, which lacks english lexical establishment.
- See: Lexeme, English Idiomatic Expression, English Multiword Expression, English Language Expression, KICKTHEBUCKET, SPILLBEANS, BREAKTHEICE, English Phrasal Verb, English Fixed Expression, Lexical Entry.