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= Fossilization (linguistics) = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search In linguistic morphology, fossilization refers to two close notions. One is preserving of ancient linguistic features which have lost their grammatical functions in language. Another is loss of productivity of a grammatical paradigm (e.g. of an affix), which still remains in use in some words.

Examples of fossilization include fossilized morphemes and fossil words.

The term fossilization or interlanguage fossilization is also used in linguistics in reference to the observation in which most adult second language learners never reach a native-language learners' level of proficiency. These Second language learner routinely suffer from errors that can be categorized into four distinctive categories, phonological fossilization, lexical fossilization, syntactic fossilization and pragmatic fossilization. These errors occur regardless of education level. In one noted example an older Japanese student completed a master's degree is English Education and then later moved to the United States. However, even after seven years of daily exposure to English, this second language learner still made noticeable errors when communicating via email ."'I miss a cozy, sunny weather in Fresno. I have put on a heavy down jacket, a glove and a cap. The strong, chilly wind attacks me. I am in the process of getting used to a mean weather. '"

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