Subcategorization
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Subcategorization is a noun meaning Placing something into a subcategory.
Meaning
Placing something into a subcategory.
More Meanings
- (grammar) The practice of specifying what types of complements a word may take when that word acts as the head of a phrase of a certain category; this specification restricts the wordʼs category, making it smaller, hence a “subcategory” of the wordʼs category.
Word Forms
- subcategorizations
- subcategorisation
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subcategorizand, sublocation, underplacement, subitem, subplace, subcompartmentalization.
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