Also known as grammatization, grammaticalisation, grammatisation, grammaticization, grammaticisation
Grammaticalization (also known as grammatization or grammaticization) is a linguistic process in which words change from representing objects or actions to serving grammatical functions. Grammaticalization can involve content words, such as nouns and verbs, developing into new function words that express grammatical relationships among other words in a sentence. This may happen rather than speakers deriving such new function words from (for example) existing bound, inflectional constructions. For example, the Old English verb 'to want', 'to wish' has become the Modern English auxiliary verb wi
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Within Vinony's link graph, 문법화 is referenced by 299 other articles, and connects out to syllable, syntax and phonology.
It is catalogued under topics including Grammar and Historical linguistics.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- derivation
- Part of
- language change
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- has characteristic
- divergence
- studied by
- sociolinguistics
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