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The 12 pages that link to Lexicalization, each with the reason it gives.

• CatchphraseRelated: Some catchphrases become ordinary expressions whose original source is no longer recalled.

• Semantic changeRelated: A repeated innovation can become a stable, recognized sense.

• NeologismRelated: Repeated use can turn a novel expression into a recognized word.

• AbbreviationRelated: Some abbreviations become ordinary vocabulary and are no longer treated as temporary shorthand.

• AcronymRelated: Repeated use can make an acronym function like an ordinary word.

• Word formationRelated: A newly formed expression may become a stable vocabulary item through lexicalization.

• ErhuaRelated: Some erhua forms are fixed words rather than freely chosen pronunciations.

• EthnolinguisticsRelated: Differences in what communities lexicalize can reveal culturally salient distinctions.

• HaplologyRelated: Repeatedly used reduced forms can become fixed in a word's conventional pronunciation or spelling.

• Natural language generationRelated: Generated content needs lexical choices that express its intended meaning.

• Edmond HoyleRelated: Hoyle’s surname became part of the established expression “according to Hoyle.”