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)
- To make less grammatical or not grammatical.
- 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
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