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A '''mutable lexeme''' is a complex [[lexeme (in neurocognitive linguistics)|lexeme]] with one or more [[variable constituent|variable constituents]]. For example, "the mother of all battles", coined by Saddam Hussein, was altered into "the mother of all meteors" by the ''New York Times'' when reporting a spectacular meteor seen over the Eastern United States.

Some mutable lexemes have more than one variable, for example, "you don't have to be a X to Y that", where X = "brain surgeon" or "rocket scientist", and Y = "understand" or "appreciate" or "see".

When all constituents of a lexeme are mutable, it is said to be a [[construction (in neurocognitive linguistics)|construction]].

=== Sources ===

* [http://www.continuumbooks.com/Books/detail.aspx?ReturnURL=/subjects/default.aspx&CountryID=1&ImprintID=2&BookID=117093 Language and Reality: Selected Writings of Sydney Lamb], Continuum, 2004.

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 From the fact that all constructions are mutable lexemes, it follows that the whole of a lexicogrammatical system is a collection of lexemes, some fixed, some mutable.
 === Sources ===
-* [http://www.continuumbooks.com/Books/detail.aspx?ReturnURL=/subjects/default.aspx&CountryID=1&ImprintID=2&BookID=117093 Language and Reality: Selected Writings of Sydney Lamb], Continuum, 2004.
+* [http://books.google.com/books/about/Language_and_Reality.html?id=vrlPUxB2_JwC Language and Reality: Selected Writings of Sydney Lamb], Continuum, 2004.
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-A '''mutable lexeme''' is a complex [[lexeme (in neurocognitive linguistics)|lexeme]] with one or more [[variable constituent|variable constituents]].  For example, "the mother of all battles", coined by Saddam Hussein, was altered into "the mother of all meteors" by the ''New York Times'' when reporting a spectacular meteor seen over the Eastern United States.
+A '''mutable lexeme''' is a complex [[lexeme (in neurocognitive linguistics)|lexeme]] with one or more [[variable constituent|variable constituents]].
-Some mutable lexemes have more than one variable, for example, "you don't have to be a X to Y that", where X = "brain surgeon" or "rocket scientist", and Y = "understand" or "appreciate" or "see".
+=== Example ===
-When all constituents of a lexeme are mutable, it is said to be a [[construction (in neurocognitive linguistics)|construction]].
+"The mother of all battles", Saddam Hussein's variant of a common Arabic expression, entered English and immediately became mutable, as exemplified by the expression "the mother of all meteors", which was used by the ''New York Times'' when reporting a spectacular meteor seen over the Eastern United States.