De-categorialization
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De-categorialization in linguistics
, refers to one of the five principles by which you can detect grammaticalization while it is taking place (according to Paul Hopper
). The other four are layering
, divergence
, specialization
, and persistence
.
De-categorialization can be described as the loss of morphosyntactic properties.
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, refers to one of the five principles by which you can detect grammaticalization while it is taking place (according to Paul Hopper
Paul Hopper
Paul J. Hopper is an American linguist of British birth. In 1973, he proposed the glottalic theory regarding the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European consonant inventory, in parallel with the Georgian linguist Tamaz Gamkrelidze and the Russian linguist Vyacheslav V. Ivanov...
). The other four are layering
Layering (linguistics)
Layering in linguistics refers to one of the five principles by which you can detect grammaticalisation while it is taking place. The other four are: divergence, specialisation, persistence, and de-categorialisation....
, divergence
Divergence (linguistics)
Divergence in linguistics refers to one of the five principles by which you can detect grammaticalisation while it is taking place. The other four are: layering, specialisation, persistence, and de-categorialisation....
, specialization
Specialization (linguistics)
In linguistics, the term specialization , refers to one of the five principles by which grammaticalization can be detected while it is taking place...
, and persistence
Persistence (linguistics)
Persistence in linguistics refers to one of the five principles by which you can detect grammaticalisation while it is taking place. The other four are: layering, divergence, specialisation, and de-categorialisation....
.
De-categorialization can be described as the loss of morphosyntactic properties.