pronominalizer

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noun

A word or construct that pronominalizes.

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Meanings

nounpronominalizer (plural pronominalizers)

plural pronominalizers

  1. grammarA word or construct that pronominalizes.

    Colloquial Malay also uses yang as a relativizer and (pro)nominalizer, but also accepts punya as a pronominalizer (e.g. (Yang) mahal punya untuk abang “The expensive one is for elder brother”).

    2004, Olga Fischer, Up and down the Cline: The Nature of Grammaticalization, page 165

Origin

From pronominalize + -er.

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APA

pronominalizer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pronominalizer

MLA

“pronominalizer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pronominalizer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pronominalizer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pronominalizer.

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