Lexicalization vs. Overlexicalization — What's the Difference?

In linguistics, lexicalization is the process of adding words, set phrases, or word patterns to a language's lexicon. Whether word formation and lexicalization refer to the same process is controversial within the field of linguistics.

The creation and use of many words or lexical items for a single entity or concept.

To express using a word or words

To incorporate into a language as a new word

To treat (a phrase, expression, or other group of morphemes) as a single word

The act or process of lexicalizing.

Something lexicalized.

The process of making a word to express a concept