grammaticalization

English

Alternative forms

• grammaticalisation
• grammaticization

Etymology

From French grammaticalisation, coined in 1912 by the French linguist Antoine Meillet, corresponding to grammatical +‎ -ization.

Pronunciation

• enPR: grə-mă'-tĭ-kə-lĭ-zā'-shən, IPA^(key): /ɡɹə.ˌmæ.tɪ.kə.lɪ.ˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

grammaticalization (countable and uncountable, plural grammaticalizations)

1. (linguistics) The process of grammaticalizing.

Translations

Translations

• French: grammaticalisation (fr) f
• German: Grammatikalisierung (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: грамматикализация (ru) f (grammatikalizacija)

Further reading

• grammaticalization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia