Sentence examples for lexical shift from inspiring English sources

For Cooper this co-option is symbolised perfectly in a lexical shift that stands in for the difficult relationship between race and power that has played out in America over the centuries.

Figure 1 $\mathbf{O}>\mathbf{E}$ drift is attested cross-linguistically in the meaning shift of lexical items like Old English nealles (lit. "NEG all") = "not at all", Dutch nimmer (lit., "NEG always") = "never", or Russian nel'zja (lit. "NEG must") = "mustn't".

Such automated shifts in (lexical and non-lexical) reading styles [25] may be mediated through shifts in neural pathways [26], [27] on an unconscious level, as has been recently shown [28].

If decreasing proficiency results in an increased amount of time needed for lexical access, then this "negative shift" in interference effects should be even more pronounced: i.e. the negative shift should increase with decreasing proficiency.

A mismatch of features in the Outer and the Inner Aspect Phrase results into a shift of the lexical aspect of the VP.

The interplay of the verb and its arguments, and additionally the employment of adverbs which can e.g. express perfective and imperfective meanings play an important role in the determination of the lexical aspect and in aspectual shifts in Han period Chinese.8.8

The bilingual lexical disadvantage hypotheses predict a negative shift of peak interference due to the relatively decreased proficiency of both the L2 and L1 in bilinguals compared to monolinguals.

We hypothesise that there may be a subtle shift in ease of lexical access which, while not reaching the threshold required for correct production of the untreated items in confrontation naming, may nevertheless allow more nouns to be produced in conversation.

D'Agostino: A lot of my work features linguistic shifts from a purely lexical or literary application into something that can become visual art.

Contrary to the negative shift predicted by the bilingual lexical disadvantage hypotheses, this is a positive shift in bilinguals relative to monolinguals.

The mechanisms involved in semantic role shift also have a consequence on lexical status.