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grammaticalization: a standalone construct

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Historical linguistics

process by which lexical words or constructions come over time to serve grammatical functions, and grammatical forms become more grammatical.

In historical linguistics, grammaticalization refers to process by which lexical words or constructions come over time to serve grammatical functions, and grammatical forms become more grammatical. This meaning comes from Hopper (2003) in Grammaticalization.[1]

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References

Hopper, P. J., & Traugott, E. C. (2003). Grammaticalization. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139165525

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