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gram·mat·i·cal·ize

 (grə-măt′ĭ-kə-līz′)
tr.v. gram·mat·i·cal·ized, gram·mat·i·cal·iz·ing, gram·mat·i·cal·iz·es
To change (a content word) into a function word or a grammatical affix.
gram·mat′i·cal·i·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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In Robert, Stephane (ed.), Perspectives synchroniques sur la grammaticalisation (Afrique et Langage 5), 85-120.
On the grammaticalization of some processes of word formation in Africa
Grammaticalisation: Unidirectional, non-reversable?
THE STATUS OF OLD ENGLISH DARE REVISITED
Today's pattern of ergative marking may be evidence of this latter grammaticalisation process since ergatively-marked NPs never took over entirely.
Optional or Syntactic Ergativity in Shawi? Distribution and Possible Origins
'Delimiting Innovations in the Category of Adverbial Subordinators: Some Evidence from the Grammaticalisation of Provided (That) in Early English'.
Gif your e grace will command me with ony service ye sail fynd me obedient: on the use of will and shall in Older Scots if-clauses
The grammaticalisation of a postposition into a case marker can take centuries (cf.
Comitative and terminative in Votic and Lower Luga Ingrian
The issues relating to definite reference are considered relevant in Northern Sotho because definiteness as a grammatical category is viewed as the grammaticalisation of a semantic and pragmatic category of identifiability, which is available across languages (Lyons 1999).
Re-examining the relationship between the subject agreement morpheme and (in)definiteness in Northern Sotho/Herondersoek van die verwantskap tussen die onderwerpkongruensie-morfeem en (on) bepaaldheid in Noord-Sotho
The reason this evidence is important is that it is reasonable to expect that the grammaticalisation of pragmatic conditions can happen to different degrees in different constructions (Levinson 2000:264, 266).
The conventionalisation of contextual effects in middle structures
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