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- noun The process of
grammaticalizing .
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Korean developed a nominative case marker out of a demonstrative in parallel fashion (see López-Couso/Seoane, Rethinking grammaticalization: New perspectives (2008), p.242).
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We are interested in discovering limits on possible language changes, in particular in unidirectional changes such as grammaticalization.
Limits on possible language changes Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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I would daresay it is some sort of grammaticalization of the curse words.
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Isn’t premature grammaticalization actually more likely to lead to fossilization?
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Isn’t premature grammaticalization actually more likely to lead to fossilization?
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