morphemization
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
morphemize + -ation
Noun[edit]
morphemization (countable and uncountable, plural morphemizations)
- (linguistics) The act or process of, or an instance of, morphemizing (becoming, or causing something to become, a morpheme).
- 1976, Margaret Langdon, Shirley Silver, Hokan studies: papers from the First Conference on Hokan Languages held in San Diego, California, April 23-25, 1970, de Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 194:
- Bright (1957), in his Karok grammar (p. 39), cites an example of morphemization in progress. In Karok there is a general phonological rule that the initial consonant of a monosyllabic stem is geminated when in intervocalic position. However, in some themes the initial consonant of such a stem freely varies between being geminated and non-geminated. This variation is evidence of a wavering of the theme between polymorphemic and monomorphemic status.