Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

degrammaticalization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-gram-mat-i-cal-iza-tion
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Usage

Inflected Forms

degrammaticalizations (plural)

Questions

What does degrammaticalization mean?: The process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.
Where does degrammaticalization come from?: From de- + grammaticalization.

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