articloid
Syllables: art·ic·loidUK/ɑːtɪklɔɪd/US/ɑɹtɪklɔɪd/
articloid noun: markers of linguistic definiteness that have not become grammaticalized, or incorporated into the grammar of the language.
Noun
articloid (plural articloids)
- markers of linguistic definiteness that have not become grammaticalized, or incorporated into the grammar of the language
- The more important dimension is regularity in article usage before the articloid stage can be considered to be overcome effectively.1987, Dieter Wanner, The Development of Romance Clitic Pronouns: From Latin to Old Romance, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 90
- Think of the floating use of the definite article, which appears early in Latin texts in the shape of ‘articloid’, but which is missing, for instance, in the Strasbourg Oaths1996, Mart Van Uytfanghe, Latin and the Romance languages in the Early Middle Ages, Pennsylvania State University Press, →ISBN, page 123
Forms of articloid
| plural | articloids |
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Origin of articloid
Coined by the French linguist Paul Aebischer in 1948.
Words that rhyme with articloid
Questions about articloid
- What does articloid mean?
- Articloid means markers of linguistic definiteness that have not become grammaticalized, or incorporated into the grammar of the language.
- What part of speech is articloid?
- Articloid is a noun.
- How do you pronounce articloid?
- Articloid is pronounced /ɑɹtɪklɔɪd/ (US).
- What is the plural of articloid?
- The plural of articloid is articloids.
Words near articloid in the dictionary
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