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'''Fossilization''' may refer to
'''Fossilization''' may refer to


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Fossilization may refer to

  • Fossilization (palaeontology) [r]: The set of geological processes that convert organic remains into fossils. [e]
  • Fossilization (language acquisition) [r]: loss of progress in second language acquisition, where learners no longer move towards native-like ability in the second language, often despite constant exposure to it. [e]
  • Cranberry word [r]: or 'fossilized term', used in morphology to refer to exceptional compound words not built from productive rules, e.g. cranberry (no such thing as *cran-). [e]
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