Univerbation

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In linguistics, univerbation is the diachronic process of combining a fixed expression of several words into a new single word.[1]

The process is epitomized in Givón's aphorism that "today's syntax is tomorrow's Morphology" (sometimes conversely referred to as "Today's morphology is yesterday's syntax").

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References

  1. ↑ Brinton, Laurel J., & Elizabeth Closs Traugott. 255. Lexicalization and Language Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 48.
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