noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

Etymology

From de- + grammaticalization.

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