pronominalizer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pronominalize +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

pronominalizer (plural pronominalizers)

  1. (grammar) A word or construct that pronominalizes.
    • 2004, Olga Fischer, Up and down the Cline: The Nature of Grammaticalization, page 165:
      Colloquial Malay also uses yang as a relativizer and (pro)nominalizer, but also accepts punya as a pronominalizer (e.g. (Yang) mahal punya untuk abang “The expensive one is for elder brother”).
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