Quiz on Grammaticalization

What is the process of language change by which words representing objects and actions become grammatical markers?

• Derivation

• Grammaticalization

• Inflection

• Syntax

What is the term used to describe the change whereby lexical items and constructions come to serve grammatical functions?

• Grammaticalization

• Morphological reduction

• Bleaching

• Obligatorification

Which process is characterized by the loss of semantic content of a linguistic entity while retaining its grammatical content?

• Obligatorification

• Semantic bleaching

• Morphological reduction

• Phonetic erosion

What is the term for the reduction in transparadigmatic variability that occurs in the process of grammaticalization?

• Semantic bleaching

• Obligatorification

• Phonetic erosion

• Morphological reduction

Which linguistic process involves the loss of phonetic substance when a linguistic expression undergoes grammaticalization?

• Morphological reduction

• Phonetic erosion

• Obligatorification

• Semantic bleaching

What is the term for the process in which linguistic structures become increasingly more obligatory during grammaticalization?

• Semantic bleaching

• Obligatorification

• Phonetic erosion

• Morphological reduction

Which type of change involves the loss of phonetic segments and suprasegmental properties in a linguistic expression?

• Morphological reduction

• Obligatorification

• Phonetic erosion

• Semantic bleaching

What is the term for the reduction of a linguistic expression from a lexical to a grammatical meaning?

• Semantic bleaching

• Phonetic erosion

• Obligatorification

• Morphological reduction

Which linguistic process involves the loss of phonetic autonomy and adaptation to adjacent phonetic units?

• Phonetic erosion

• Obligatorification

• Morphological reduction

• Semantic bleaching

What is the term for the process in which a morpheme loses its semantic features and becomes more grammatical in nature?

• Semantic bleaching

• Phonetic erosion

• Morphological reduction

• Obligatorification