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Categories: All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles with short description, Historical linguistics, Grammar

grammaticalization grammaticalisation grammaticisation grammatisation degrammaticalization

In historical linguistics, grammaticalization is a process of language change by which words representing objects and actions become grammatical markers. Wikipedia

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In historical linguistics, grammaticalization is a process of language change by which words representing objects and actions become grammatical markers. Wikipedia

A language change process by which words lose their lexical meaning and become grammatical words. OmegaWiki

The process of language change by which a word or morpheme is reduced to more of a grammeme than a lexeme, for example the reduction of a content word representing an object or action (a noun or verb) to a clitic. Wiktionary

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