Meaning of dislexify | Babel Free

Definitions

To distinguish different meanings using separate words, as opposed to colexifying them with a single polysemous word

Examples

“A language dislexifies two senses if it must express them using different lexical forms. Thus, Spanish dislexifies the two senses ‘wood as material’ (madera) and ‘firewood’ (leña). […] In sum, the two senses in question are dislexified in Spanish, but colexified in English. […] A language may dislexify two senses at a certain point in history, but its descendant may colexify them, or vice versa.”

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