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grammaticalization

/ɡɹəˌmæ.tɪ.kə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
gram-mat-i-cal-iza-tion
IPA
/ɡɹəˌmæ.tɪ.kə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
34
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of making grammatical.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of language change by which a word or morpheme is reduced to more of a grammeme than a lexeme, for example the reduction of a content word representing an object or action (a noun or verb) to a clitic.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From French grammaticalisation, coined in 1912 by the French linguist Antoine Meillet, corresponding to grammatical + -ization.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

grammaticalizations (plural) grammaticalisation (alternative)

Derived Forms

degrammaticalization regrammaticalization

Frequently Paired Words

grammarization grammarize grammaticalize grammaticize

Synonyms

grammaticization grammatization

Questions

How do you pronounce grammaticalization?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹəˌmæ.tɪ.kə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/.
What does grammaticalization mean?
The process of making grammatical.
Where does grammaticalization come from?
It is traced to French.

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