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syntacticization

syntacticization noun: the act or process of, or an instance of, syntacticizing.

Noun

syntacticization (countable and uncountable, plural syntacticizations)

  1. The act or process of, or an instance of, syntacticizing.
    • These syntacticizations revolve around the degrees of definiteness ascribed to the grammatical subject and its realization as 'causer'.1986, Dieter Kastovsky, Aleksander Szwedek, Linguistics across Historical and Geographical Boundaries: volumes 1 and 2, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 521
    • The structures in Figure 4 can be contrasted with those in Figure 5, which represent the syntacticization of the narratively-focused sentence in (37b).1997, Leo Wanner, Recent Trends in Meaning–Text Theory, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 122

Forms of syntacticization

pluralsyntacticizations

Origin of syntacticization

From syntacticize + -ation.

Questions about syntacticization

What does syntacticization mean?
Syntacticization means the act or process of, or an instance of, syntacticizing.
What part of speech is syntacticization?
Syntacticization is a noun.
What is the plural of syntacticization?
The plural of syntacticization is syntacticizations.

Words near syntacticization in the dictionary

  1. syntacticises
  2. syntacticising
  3. syntacticism
  4. syntacticist
  5. syntacticists
  6. syntacticization
  7. syntacticizations
  8. syntacticize
  9. syntacticized
  10. syntacticizes
  11. syntacticizing

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