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rankshift [ˈræŋkˌʃɪft] (in systemic grammar)

(Linguistics / Grammar) a phenomenon in which a unit at one rank in the grammar has the function of a unit at a lower rank, as for example in the phrase the house on the corner, where the words on the corner shift down from the rank of group to the rank of word

(Linguistics / Grammar) to shift or be shifted from one linguistic rank to another

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No references found			Since deverbatives rankshifted to the category of nouns they are included as nouns. Towards a computational morphological analysis of Setswana ... by Pretorius, L.; Viljoen, B.; Pretorius, R.; Berg, A. / Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies Phrases and clauses that are involved in this sort of modification are referred to as being embedded (in other words, rankshifted or functioning as a constituent in a nominal group), for example, the phrase on the hill in The house on the hill is for sale. Using functional grammar to teach academic literacy skills to adults ... by Stuart-Smith, Virginia / Australian Journal of Language and Literacy			ranitidine Ranjit Singh rank rank and file Rank modus rank order rank-difference correlation rank-difference correlation coefficient rank-order correlation rank-order correlation coefficient rank-smelling Ranke ranked ranker Rankin Rankine Rankine cycle Rankine scale ranking ranking officer rankings rankle rankly rankness rankshift rankshifted Rann of Kutch Rannel Ranny ransack ransacked ransacking Ransom Ransom bill ransom demand ransom money ransom note Ransomable Ransome ransomed Ransomer ransoming Ransomless rant Ranter Ranterism ranting Rantingly Rantipole Rantism Ranty			rankled rankled rankles rankles rankling rankling rankly rankly rankly rankly rankly rankness rankness rankness rankness rankness Rankovic, Aleksandar Rankovic, Svetolik ranks ranks ranks ranks ranks Ranks of mit Ranks of mit Ranks of nobility and peerage Ranks of nobility and peerage Ranks of nobility and peerage Ranks within a Roman Legion rankshift rankshifted rankshifts RANLP RANM Ranma½ Ranmoxy Ranmoxy Rann Rann Na Feirste Rann of Cutch Rann of Kachchh Rann of Kachchh Rann of Kutch Rann of Kutch Rann of Kutch Flooded Grasslands Rann of Kutchch Rannel Rannet, Egon Ranney oil-mining system Ranney School Parents' Association Ranney well Ranney, Austin Rannoch, Loch Rannoch-rush RANNS Rannsóknagagnasafn Íslands Ranny RANO

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