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grammaticalize, v. Linguistics.|grəˈmætɪkəlaɪz| [f. grammatical a. + -ize.] To express by means of the grammatical structure; to adopt as a grammatical requirement. Usu. in pass.
1937J. Orr tr. Iordan's Introd. Romance Ling. 337 A similar order [sc. inversion in interrog. sentences] is observable in other languages, but has not become ‘grammaticalized’ as in French. 1961Brno Studies III. 10 The position of the word within the sentence context is grammaticalized to a much higher degree in analytical than in synthetic languages. 1968J. Lyons Introd. Theoret. Ling. ix. 438 We cannot assume..that such notions..will necessarily be ‘grammaticalized’, rather than ‘lexicalized’, in the structure of any particular language. Hence graˌmmaticaliˈzation, the action or process of grammaticalizing.
1955Archivum Linguisticum VII. i. 28 The affectivity of reprise has been weakened by grammaticalization. 1965Language XLI. 107 The creation of oppositions through grammaticalization. |