subcategorization
subcategorization · subcategorizations
Placing something into a subcategoryPlacing something into a subcategory.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Placing something into a subcategory.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Origin
From sub- + categorization.From sub- + categorization.
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Forms
plural: subcategorizationsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable