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Decategorialize

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

To undergo decategorialization..

Example Sentences

[…] in which the lexeme begins to "decategorialize" (Heine et al. 1991), i.e. to lose the morphosyntactic behaviors characteristic of its original category. For example, in the English relator noun construction on top of NP, top, while clearly a noun […]
A grammaticalizing item decategorializes (Hopper 1991), losing membership of its source category. As a result of high frequency, it may become independently entrenched (Bybee 2006), receiving a kind of categorial autonomy, […]

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Related Words

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What does decategorialize mean?

Decategorialize means To undergo decategorialization..

What is a synonym for decategorialize?

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What is the opposite of decategorialize?

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[…] in which the lexeme begins to "decategorialize" (Heine et al. 1991), i.e. to lose the morphosyntactic behaviors characteristic of its original category. For example, in the English relator noun construction on top of NP, top, while clearly a noun […]

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