Grammaticalization

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.NounThe process of making grammatical.

2.NounThe process of language change by which a word or morpheme is reduced to more of a grammeme than a lexeme, for example the reduction of a content word representing an object or action (a noun or verb) to a clitic.

Synonyms

obligatorification syntacticization lexicalization nominalization latinization passivization formalization literalization laryngealization conjugation adjectivization normativization

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