Development Lexical Relation
Definition:
A development lexical relation is an association between lexical units which refers to stages or steps in a process involving change such as
- expansion, and
- growth.
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A development set has the structure of a scale. |
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Introduction:
Understanding the development lexical relation is important for using words which refer to the
- natural stages of growth and change in living things, and
- evolvement or expansion of nonliving things of which humans are the agents.
Examples:
(English)
Growth
- {newborn, infant, toddler, child, adolescent, adult}
- {seed, bud, flower}
Process
- {ember, spark, flame, blazing fire}
- {planning, design, implementation, production, evaluation}
See Also:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.