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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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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It seems that many such technical words (grada, minuta, introitus) were left in the uninflected state when contracted in any customary form such as we have […]
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