degrammaticalization
degrammaticalization · degrammaticalizations
The process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammaticalThe process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The process of degrammaticalizing, of making less grammatical, or of making ungrammatical.
(countable, uncountable)The process of language change by which a morpheme (grammeme) is strengthened to become a content word, or otherwise have more lexical content.
Origin
From de- + grammaticalization.From de- + grammaticalization.
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Forms
plural: degrammaticalizations| Singular | degrammaticalization |
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regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable