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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To make less grammatical or not grammatical..
Using diachronic evidence from Swedish, I will show that inflectional endings may be maintained as “less cumulative” inflections, or even degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic.
[…] try to provide empirical evidence for the thesis that inflectional affixes can degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic.
Use degrammaticalize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Degrammaticalize means (transitive) To make less grammatical or not grammatical..
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Using diachronic evidence from Swedish, I will show that inflectional endings may be maintained as “less cumulative” inflections, or even degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic.
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