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degrammaticalization

degrammaticalization noun: the process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.

Noun

degrammaticalization (countable and uncountable, plural degrammaticalizations)

  1. The process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.
  2. The process of language change by which a morpheme (grammeme) is strengthened to become a content word, or otherwise have more lexical content.

Forms of degrammaticalization

pluraldegrammaticalizations

Origin of degrammaticalization

From de- + grammaticalization.

Questions about degrammaticalization

What does degrammaticalization mean?
Degrammaticalization means the process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.
What part of speech is degrammaticalization?
Degrammaticalization is a noun.
What is the plural of degrammaticalization?
The plural of degrammaticalization is degrammaticalizations.

Words near degrammaticalization in the dictionary

  1. degrammaticalisations
  2. degrammaticalise
  3. degrammaticalised
  4. degrammaticalises
  5. degrammaticalising
  6. degrammaticalization
  7. degrammaticalizations
  8. degrammaticalize
  9. degrammaticalized
  10. degrammaticalizes
  11. degrammaticalizing

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