单词 | grammaticalize |
释义 | grammaticalize —grammaticalization, n. /greuh mat"i keuh luyz'/, v.t., grammaticalized, grammaticalizing. Ling. 1. to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE lic, 'body,' as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE freondlic, 'friendly.' 2. to represent (semantic features) by grammatical categories, as plurality in English or gender in French. Also, esp. Brit., gramaticalise. [1935-40; GRAMMATICAL + -IZE] |
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