subcategorization
The English word “subcategorization” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- Placing something into a subcategory.
- The practice of specifying what types of complements a word may take when that word acts as the head of a phrase of a certain category; this specification restricts the wordʼs category, making it smaller, hence a “subcategory” of the wordʼs category.
Etymology
From sub- + categorization.
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More English words
- subcategorical
- subcategorically
- subcategorizable
- subcategorizand
- subcategorize
- subcategorizer
- subcategory
- subcaucus
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