Example sentences for: lexical

How can you use “lexical” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For example, one extreme lexical transformation is the nickname Poll which is derived from Mary, in which the m has been both occluded and unvoiced, the a has been retracted, the r has been lingualized, and the y has been dropped. (p. 306.)

  • The Russian text (in Cyrillic) is followed by a literal translation in English, unless there is a clear English equivalent, by which Mertvago means both lexical and conceptual correspondence.

  • Indeed there are certain common lexical items that are regularly subjected to this treatment, and readers have probably already seen them elsewhere or quickly become accustomed to them.

  • A quite remarkable and innovative dictionary is now about to appear in revised, updated, and enlarged re-edition: this is I.I. Ubin's Dictionary of Russian and English lexical intensifiers (Russki Yazyk, orig. pub. 1987).

  • The English language may belong to all of us, but some of its words are the property of individuals or, in most cases of lexical ownership, of corporations.


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