Degrammaticalize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Degrammaticalize is a verb meaning (transitive) To make less grammatical or not grammatical.
Meaning
(transitive) To make less grammatical or not grammatical.
More Meanings
- (linguistics, transitive) To cause (an inflectional ending, etc) to undergo degrammaticalization.
Example Sentences
[…] try to provide empirical evidence for the thesis that inflectional affixes can degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic.
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.
Word Forms
- degrammaticalizes
- degrammaticalizing
- degrammaticalized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include degrammaticalise, degrammaticize, degrammatize, dedramatize, delexicalize, deformalize.
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