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verb (used with object), gram·mat·i·cal·ized, gram·mat·i·cal·iz·ing. Linguistics.
1.
to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, “body,” as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, “friendly.”
2.
to represent (semantic features) by grammatical categories, as plurality in English or gender in French.
Also, especially British, gra·mat·i·cal·ise.
Related forms
gram·mat·i·cal·i·za·tion, noun
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Grammaticalize
is always a great word to know.
So is strident. Does it mean:
| characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodentals and uvular fricatives, and most affricates |
| the complete displacement of one language by another in a population of speakers |
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