Degrammaticalization
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Degrammaticalization is a noun meaning The process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.
Meaning
The process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.
More Meanings
- (linguistics) The process of language change by which a morpheme (grammeme) is strengthened to become a content word, or otherwise have more lexical content.
Word Forms
- degrammaticalizations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include delexicalization, deformalisation, deglorification, deproblematization, decomplexification, dedramatization.
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