Rankshift
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Rankshift is a verb meaning (linguistics) To use a phrase as a subunit of a longer one.
Meaning
(linguistics) To use a phrase as a subunit of a longer one.
More Meanings
- The action of rankshifting
Word Forms
- rankshifts
- rankshifting
- rankshifted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reshift, transshift, calque, metathesise, code-switch, relexify.
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