grammaticalisation

English

Noun

grammaticalisation (countable and uncountable, plural grammaticalisations)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of grammaticalization.

French

Etymology

Coined in 1912 by Antoine Meillet, from grammatical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.ma.ti.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃/, /ɡʁam.ma.ti.ka.li.za.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

grammaticalisation f (plural grammaticalisations)

1. (grammar, linguistics) grammaticalization

Related terms

• grammaticaliser

Further reading

• “grammaticalisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.