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degrammaticalized

degrammaticalized is the simple past and past participle of degrammaticalize.

Meaning of degrammaticalize

Verb

degrammaticalize (third-person singular simple present degrammaticalizes, present participle degrammaticalizing, simple past and past participle degrammaticalized)

  1. (transitive) To make less grammatical or not grammatical.
  2. (transitive) To cause (an inflectional ending, etc) to undergo degrammaticalization.
    • 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.2002, Ilse Wischer, Gabriele Diewald, New Reflections on Grammaticalization, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 45

Questions about degrammaticalized

What is degrammaticalized the simple past and past participle of?
Degrammaticalized is the simple past and past participle of degrammaticalize.

Words near degrammaticalized in the dictionary

  1. degrammaticalises
  2. degrammaticalising
  3. degrammaticalization
  4. degrammaticalizations
  5. degrammaticalize
  6. degrammaticalized
  7. degrammaticalizes
  8. degrammaticalizing
  9. degrammaticize
  10. degrammaticized
  11. degrammaticizes

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