In the process of grammaticalization, an uninflected lexical word (or content word) is transformed into a grammar word (or function word).
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Grammaticalization
//ɡɹəˌmæ.tɪ.kə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "grammaticalization" (2 found)
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1 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- التَّحَوُّلُ النَّحْوِيّ noun (the process of language change by which a word or morpheme is reduced to more of a grammeme than a lexeme)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 語法化 /语法化 noun (the process of making grammatical)
Czech
1 entries- gramatikalizace noun (the process of making grammatical)
French
1 entries- grammaticalisation noun (the process of making grammatical)
German
1 entries- Grammatikalisierung noun (the process of making grammatical)
Greek
1 entries- γραμματικοποίηση noun (the process of making grammatical)
Hungarian
1 entries- grammatikalizáció noun (the process of making grammatical)
Polish
1 entries- gramatykalizacja noun (the process of making grammatical)
Portuguese
1 entries- gramaticalização noun (the process of making grammatical)
Russian
2 entries- грамматиза́ция noun (the process of making grammatical)
- грамматикализация noun (the process of making grammatical)
Slovak
1 entries- gramatikalizácia noun (the process of making grammatical)
Spanish
1 entries- gramaticalización noun (the process of making grammatical)
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