thematizationn.
/ˌθiːmətʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The action of thematize v. 2.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > verb with connecting vowel > addition of vowel
thematization1955
1955 T. Burrow Sanskrit Lang. iv. 153 This tendency to thematisation had already been operating in the prehistoric period.
1972 Language 48 399 The thematization process..is triggered by violations of canons of permissible plus and minus values of pronominal features for non-ergator and indirect object.
1977 Language 53 50 Thus the form somos can be regarded as a partial thematization of the copula.
2. The action of thematize v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > topic or theme > converting into
thematization1959
topicalization1967
1959 J. Firbas in Brno Stud. in Eng. 1 52 Whereas only two elements ([the] girl and broke) of the three in The girl broke a vase allow of thematization, any of the three elements occurring in The girl broke the vase can be thematized.
1969 K. H. Wagner Generative Gram. Stud. Old Eng. Lang. i. 50 In the abstract structure Th and Rh are empty places, i.e. they will not be expanded by subsequent rules. These places will be filled with constituents from the nucleus by transformation rules which may be termed rules of thematization and rhematization, respectively.
1977 J. Lyons Semantics II. xii. 507 It is certainly true that the processes that different languages make available for the thematization of one expression rather than another frequently involve putting the expression earlier rather than later in the utterance.
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