grammaticalize
- IPA[ɡrəˈmadikəˌlīz]
美式
- change (an element) from one having lexical meaning into one having a largely grammatical function
verb: grammaticalize, 3rd person present: grammaticalizes, gerund or present participle: grammaticalizing, past tense: grammaticalized, past participle: grammaticalized
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. change (an element) from one having lexical meaning into one having a largely grammatical function we cannot assume that such notions will necessarily be grammaticalized in the structure of any particular language
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ɡrəˈmatɪk(ə)lʌɪz]
英式
- change (an element) from being one having lexical meaning into one having a largely grammatical ... we cannot assume that such notions will necessarily be grammaticalized in the structure of any particular language
Oxford Dictionary