"grammaticalization" meaning in All languages combined

See grammaticalization on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɡɹəˌmæ.tɪ.kə.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ Forms: grammaticalizations [plural]
enPR: grə-mă'-tĭ-kə-lĭ-zā'-shən Etymology: From French grammaticalisation, coined in 1912 by the French linguist Antoine Meillet, corresponding to grammatical + -ization. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|grammaticalisation}} French grammaticalisation, {{suffix|en|grammatical|ization}} grammatical + -ization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} grammaticalization (countable and uncountable, plural grammaticalizations)
  1. (linguistics) The process of making grammatical. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-grammaticalization-en-noun-0nMRBG9q Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: grammaticization, grammatization Translations (Translations): grammaticalisation [feminine] (French), Grammatikalisierung [feminine] (German), grammatikalizáció (Hungarian), грамматикализация (grammatikalizacija) [feminine] (Russian), грамматиза́ция (grammatizácija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-grammaticalization-en-noun-nM~vat~1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ization, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 12 88 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grammaticalisation Related terms: grammarization, grammarize, grammaticalize, grammaticize

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Alternative forms

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