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degrammaticalize en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + grammaticalize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make less grammatical or not grammatical.
2. (transitive) To cause (an inflectional ending, etc) to undergo degrammaticalization.
   • […] try to provide empirical evidence for the thesis that inflectional affixes can degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic. 2004, Pragmatics: Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association:
   • Using diachronic evidence from Swedish, I will show that inflectional endings may be maintained as “less cumulative” inflections, or even degrammaticalize into a derivational suffix or a clitic. 2002, Ilse Wischer, Gabriele Diewald, New Reflections on Grammaticalization, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:

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