"subcategorization" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: subcategorizations [plural]
Etymology: sub- + categorization Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|categorization}} sub- + categorization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} subcategorization (countable and uncountable, plural subcategorizations)
  1. Placing something into a subcategory. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-subcategorization-en-noun-ZGzJlzwI
  2. (grammar) The practice of specifying what types of complements a word may take when that word acts as the head of a phrase of a certain category; this specification restricts the wordʼs category, making it smaller, hence a “subcategory” of the wordʼs category. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-subcategorization-en-noun-71mA5Kb2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sub- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 28 72 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: subcategorisation

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