Fossilization (disambiguation)

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Fossilization may refer to

  • Fossilization [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Fossilization (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
  • 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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