Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

degrammaticalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-gram-mat-i-cal-ize
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make less grammatical or not grammatical.

Transitive verb

verb

To cause (an inflectional ending, etc) to undergo degrammaticalization.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Using diachronic evidence from Swedish, I will show that inflectional endings may be maintained as “less cumulative” inflections, or even degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic."
"[…] try to provide empirical evidence for the thesis that inflectional affixes can degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic."

Etymology

From de- + grammaticalize.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

degrammaticalizes (present, singular) degrammaticalizing (participle, present) degrammaticalized (participle, past) degrammaticalized (past)

Questions

What does degrammaticalize mean?: To make less grammatical or not grammatical.
Where does degrammaticalize come from?: From de- + grammaticalize.

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