Grammaticalize

Synonyms for "grammaticalize" (2 found)

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Verb(1 words)

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Verb(1 words)

Related word relations

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Translations

6 translations across 5 languages.

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French

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  • grammaticaliser verb (to make grammatical)

German

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  • grammatikalisieren verb (to make grammatical)

Polish

2 entries
  • gramatykalizować verb (to make grammatical)
  • zgramatykalizować verb (to make grammatical)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • gramaticalizar verb (to make grammatical)

Spanish

1 entries
  • gramaticalizar verb (to make grammatical)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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Enhanced output arises when learners grammaticalize their output either through the use of more advanced interlanguage forms or of target language forms.

Source: wiktionary

It is only later that learners begin to grammaticalize their speech. According to N. Ellis (1996), they do this by extracting rules from the items they have learned—bootstrapping their way to grammar.

Source: wiktionary

That is, the cooccurrence restrictions do cross intervening specifications for the same feature. […] In the model, a linguistic constraint against homorganicity (which may grammaticalize constraints on motor programming) is enforced on pairs […]

Source: wiktionary

... Udmurt, Turkish, and Yucatec Mayan to test (and critique) the hypothesis that possessives grammaticalize into definite articles.

Source: wiktionary

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