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Lexical concept selection

One of the two component processes of lexical concept integration. Lexical concept selection involves selecting the most appropriate lexical concept associated with each form in an utterance, guided by linguistic and extra-linguistic context. For instance, in the following example: She approached the bar, the extra-linguistic context determines whether 'public house bar' or 'court of law bar' are selected.

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