Fossilization (linguistics)
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Fossilization (linguistics)
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In linguistic morphology, fossilization refers to two close notions. One is preserving of ancient linguistic features which have lost their grammatical functions in language. Another is loss of productivity of a grammatical paradigm, which still remains in use in some words. Examples of fossilization include fossilized morphemes and fossil words. The term interlanguage fossilization refers to common types of errors made by most adult second-language learners, differing from the idiomatic usage o
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