morphologizationn.
/mɔːˌfɒlədʒʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /mɔrˌfɑlədʒəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /mɔrˌfɑləˌdʒaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Linguistics.
The process whereby a phonetic feature or distinction becomes reinterpreted morphologically; an instance of this.
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morphologization1971
1971 F. R. Adrados in Archivum Linguisticum 2 98 This means a progressive morphologization of s.
1974 J. B. Hooper in Parasession on Nat. Phonol. (Chicago Linguistic Soc.) 161 I will present one example of rule morphologization and demonstrate that the analysis required by NGG accounts correctly for linguistic data.
1977 Language 53 220 Telescoping, morphologization, and rule inversion are some of the mechanisms discussed in this light.
1985 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 30 65 The predominance of verbs in this list might suggest that it [sc. pretonic syllable prominence] is rather a morphologization of the syllable prominence.
1995 H. Sydorenko in Univ. Ohio State Working Papers in Linguistics 46 105 By the process of morphologization some instances of the originally word-like modal element by turned into the affix that introduces the emotive attitude in emotive clauses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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